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Thank you for liking, friend !
and if you do find some of the "elusive" characters or cast, I shall be glad to read your findings too!

Maybe he did not have time for a second arrow ?
Anyway that part is weak to me

absolutely. The other p(l)otholes could be more easily overlooked.
I am very forgiving usually ; loved the sizzle in Embrace In The Dark Night which must be up there as winner of the cup of plotholes.... Amused that that one got a relatively good Douban rating of 6!

yesss I was not overjoyed there either

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ok, I will add the cat in description 😆
but it was already in his snapshot in section 6 of the companion piece
character number 46

Yes indeed, good observation!
Now if he's same as LK, how does he keep the hawk and cat at same time ?

ahhh the premium shish kebab! 😂
need to grab a bite, now 😂 😂 😂

it's lively here, suddenly, after that arrow shot 😂

difficult to "buy" that explanation, though. Definitely contrived,,,

Check section 4 (and 5+6 for snapshots) here :
https://mydramalist.com/discussions/zhu-lian-yu-mu/131556-the-story-of-pearl-girl-companion-piece

Alright: I am taking the hint and adding explicit initials in the Alphabetical list of characters, section 4 of companion piece, then 🤣

Master of Langhuan "dockyards" (ep.17-19)
You can check screenshot on the companion piece

agree. But waiting for further development.
If nothing comes to fill that apparent inconsistency, I will, regretfully, add it to some minor ones, which will prevent me giving the drama top marks :(, despite I generally like it, and appreciate much of acting and cinematography and the incentive to look up culture and places of Tang dynasty.
Actors/actresses said they discussed and even brought ideas, so why leave such a bizarre turn of events, when the story seemed logical before. Was it a problem of miscommunication with the team of scriptwriters who expanded on the original book?

lovely!

About the characters and cast (section 4 to 6 in my Companion piece, where you can find a character from their screenshots as they first appeared when they were named in the drama ;some, like elder Sun and elder Zhou had already appeared, but were not named/identifiable yet in previous episodes) :
https://mydramalist.com/discussions/zhu-lian-yu-mu/131556-the-story-of-pearl-girl-companion-piece

I checked the 77 actors list + the 78 actors list on Baidu to build the illustrated character directory (by order of appearance)

According to my count, there are still 8-10 characters missing (one of which I remembered when checking end credits, was in "flashbacks" earlier, but I did not tally him in then, so I will add him in later after hunting the episode and taking screenshot :) ) I suspect I overlooked a few others because they did not appear identifiably, but were "lost" in the background when I was less attentive. Here are the ones I'd like to find or have not appeared yet 😎 :

a- Yuè Jīn 越金 played by Guō Hán 郭晗 (m)
b- Zhū Jī 珠姬........................Sòng Fāngyuán 宋芳园
c- Yuè Jiào 越峤...................Duàn Xīngyǔ 段星羽 (f)
d- Ā Táo 阿陶.........................Liáng Ruìlóng 梁睿珑
e- Ā Shòu 阿寿.....................Sòng Jiāxīn 宋嘉心
f- Shangren jia (Businessman 1) Lěng Hǎimíng 冷海铭
g- Zhāng cìshǐ 张刺史 (provincial governor Zhang?) Wáng Lǔ 王鲁
h- Cuī shì 崔氏...................Jiǎ Shūyí 贾舒夷 (mother of C19?)

I don't know where a lot of actors with no identifiable character name came from on MDL, I didn't spot their names even on the 294 additional "guest cast" in end credits. So, I was on the lookout to recognize facially Smile Wei or Shī Yǔ 施羽 or Winnie Yu, but could not find them in the past 34 episodes. Except for Huáng Jùnpéng 黄俊鹏 who I think could be "Ying Peng" number 74, black dragon bandit luring YZJ into a trap.

Now if someone spotted those, or any of the 18 "mysterious ones" on MDL list, and can point to episode 🤔, I'd be happy if they inform about it, in the comments to the Companion piece, for completion. Below is the list of these 18:

1 Zhāng Wǎn'er 张婉儿 (f, 14 yrs old)
2 Fán Yǔjié 樊雨洁 (f, 14 yrs old)
3 Mèng Zhǐxù 孟芷旭 (f, 13 yrs old)
4 Yú Wēinī 於薇妮 (f 13y) Winnie Yu
5 Yáo Xiǎoxiǎo 姚筱筱 (f26y)
6 Cài Zhuóyīn /Joyin Cai 蔡卓音 (f 29y)
7 Dǒng Yán 董颜 / Wáng Tíng 王婷 (f 28y)
9 Dīng Xiàoyíng 丁笑滢 (f 28y)
10 Wèi Xiào 魏笑 (f 28y) aka Smile Wei
11 Zhāng Lì 张俪 (f 39y)
12 Gāo Lù 高露 (f 42y)
13 Qí Xiāng 齐襄 (f 45y)
14 Zhāng Kāitài 张开泰 (m 27y)
15 Huáng Hǎibīng 黄海冰 (m 51y)
16 Gāo Shǔguāng 高曙光 (m 60y)
17 Shī Yǔ 施羽 (m 62y)
18 Zhāng Xǐqián 张喜前 (m old)

Thanks for liking!

There are some characters/cast I still hope to find for completion: am posting the list in a more recent comment, for the hawks eyes who know/perhaps noticed them, if I overlooked any ;)

yes yes yes but do you think it was elder Zheng who summoned Li Kui to shoot his son? I doubt it, and find it also unlikely that it could be YZQ doing that, since Li Kui was his arch enemy. So what was the real motivation is still mysterious.
Some say Yuchi Wuyi might be a double faced friend/enemy (possible leader of Black dragon bandits) but he would be far from his turf there, and how does that killing benefit him ?

If you want to find actors and actresses who might have been overlooked on the MDL drama cast, you can check the 'sections' 4 to 6 in my Companion piece:
https://mydramalist.com/discussions/zhu-lian-yu-mu/131556-the-story-of-pearl-girl-companion-piece

i.e. Section 5:
Number 15 -Dù Míng was played by Gào Chén, for whom there is no more info, but he is among those listed in end credits.

I checked that 77 actors end credits list + the 78 actors list on Baidu to build the illustrated character directory (by order of appearance) where you can find a character from their screenshots as they first appeared when they were named in the drama (some, like elder Sun and elder Zhou had already appeared, but were not named/identifiable yet in previous episodes) , and there is one which I plan to insert soon, because I overlooked him in an earlier flashback which I need to hunt up again for snapshot ;)

that was one mighty arrow, the shaft looked like the stick of a broom!!!
Li Kui (but was it YZJ's arch enemy, there?) did not even use a crossbow, and shot it from rooftop, appearing in a fleeting moment, shorter than that devoted to his hawk! Like a demon who magically knew how to get there and vanish immediately, once the deed was done, but why shoot a Zheng family member, if the Zheng were allied with Black dragon bandits (summoned by same ZZH to get rid of YZJ in earlier "forest hut" episode)?