PeachBlossomGoddess

I noticed a few other plot holes but this was the biggest one so far. I do think the historical aspects underpinning the narrative are quite well researched.

It is quite obvious now that Deputy Zhu is a mole and he was in the meeting room. In fact I wonder if Kunwu could be the stocky guy Deputy Zhu met with in the coffee shop when he was watched by Ling Han. I am trying to figure out who he is but I think he hasn't been properly introduced yet.

I think her objective was just to delay HS and tbh he barely got there in the nick of time so it almost worked.

This is exactly the question I just posted. Why the hell does it make sense for Li Kui to shoot ZZH of all people? What does it achieve? It is ZSY who knows all his dirty little secrets - shoot him, not his clueless son!!!

ZZH definitely died dead onscreen.

Li Kui and ZSY know each others secrets so killing his son seems to me to be a super risky move. That is his last son, you would think that would make ZSY turn on Li Kui. But I guess ZSY has no heart he is all about the bottom line. And in any case, ZSY is not yet off the hook so he can still take Li Kui down with him. Seems stupid not to kill ZSY off as well. That is my issue with this script - to make CSJ a widow in an impactful way, they make the plot and characters do things that don't make sense.

Yeah I actually don't like the way SMZ has been written and portrayed. She is too calm, measured and deliberate in her speech, as if that is how a business woman should behave. It has completely suppressed ZLS's natural charisma and spontaneity but I liked Duanwu and I felt that the spark was there in their scenes right before the convoy attack. After that she became unrecognizable and even in private moments when she lets her hair down, their joy in each other is gone. It is not helped by the fact that as you point out, YZJ keeps such a big secret from her. Their relationship just stagnates as the noble idiocy trope goes on. There are so many placid sweet scenes with so little real communication that my eyes just glaze over.

I don't quite understand why the hooded man chose to kill him off. I know they needed a scapegoat for the stolen goods but in that case he should have either killed just CSJ or both of CSJ and ZZH. Leaving CSJ alive makes no sense bc she could have chosen to expose ZSY at any point in time. But the best option would have just to let them (or even help them) both flee and then put the entire blame on them. I can't help but think he was just killed off gratuitously to the sake of melodrama with CSJ living regretfully ever after. It was sad but in a too contrived way.

Ep 35: Zheng Zhiheng:

I don't think its particularly well written but its not terrible either. Best focus on your own watch list and not waste time on what others watch or don't watch.

Idk where it is. I think HS is still looking for it. But if it is all part of a Kunwu plant, I am sure Milan will end up leading him to it.

Ah ok I missed it.

Its gotten sloppy, they didn't even explain how ZSY found them.

I think he has figured out the cipher but he still needs the code book so he hasn't cracked it yet.

Even if KJP is Kunwu, he is also the head of the Hunan Station of NBIS, the chief spy in Changsha. Of course when someone steals the city's defence map, in his capacity as chief spy he needs to recover it or stop Qu from giving it to the Japanese in Shanghai. But I agree he is unlikely to be Kunwu bc if he is, he doesn't need Qu to steal the map, he can get it himself. So he was never that high on my suspect list.

Yes he keeps throwing his own people under the bus to cut off links to himself.

Fedoras were popular then so I am sure Deputy Zhu is not the only one that will show up in a Fedora. I agree Deputy Zhu is too timid to be Kunwu.

Ep 17 Deputy Zhu

Wears the same kind of fedora that Kunwu wears when he is sending telegrams.

Why ruled out?