▁meets ▁X iny ue ' s ▁bi ological ▁father , ▁J iao ▁Lin ▁( <0xE7> <0x84> <0xA6> 林 ), ▁who ▁see ks ▁his ▁help ▁in ▁finding ▁his ▁long - lost ▁daughter . ▁However , ▁things ▁become ▁complicated ▁when ▁he ▁lear ns ▁that ▁" Mr . ▁Du " ▁has ▁rec ru ited ▁his ▁best ▁friend , ▁Hu ▁T ie h ua , ▁to ▁help ▁her ▁esc ort ▁X iny ue ▁safely ▁to ▁the ▁pir ate ▁king . ▁As ▁news ▁of ▁the ▁planned ▁marriage ▁spread ▁like ▁wild fire ▁throughout ▁the ▁ji ang hu , ▁more ▁parties ▁get ▁involved . ▁Ch u ▁Li ux i ang ▁enc oun ters ▁I sh ida ▁H itos hi h iko - Sa emon ▁( 石 田 <0xE9> <0xBD> <0x8B> <0xE5> <0xBD> <0xA5> 左 衛 門 ), ▁a ▁Japanese ▁nin ja ▁master ▁seeking ▁ven ge ance ▁on ▁Sh i ▁T ian w ang ▁for ▁ste aling ▁his ▁conc ub ine , ▁Ba o ji ▁( <0xE8> <0xB1> <0xB9> <0xE5> <0xA7> <0xAC> ). ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁Ba o ji , ▁fear ing ▁that ▁she ▁will ▁fall ▁out ▁of ▁Sh i ▁T ian w ang ' s ▁favour ▁after ▁he ▁mar ries ▁X iny ue , ▁has ▁sent ▁her ▁assass ins ▁to ▁kill ▁X iny ue . ▁ ▁Although ▁Ch u ▁Li ux i ang ▁starts ▁a ▁rom ance ▁with ▁X iny ue , ▁who ▁also ▁p led ges ▁her ▁love ▁to ▁him , ▁she ▁eventually ▁mar ries ▁Sh i ▁T ian w ang . ▁On ▁their ▁wed ding ▁night