Bei Yuan tells Ah' Xu that Prince Jin was not after the armory, but after a secret left by his tribe about a place which would help the country's occupants thrive well for a long time. The secret place was rumored to have a key belonging to six people with different surnames. Ah' Xu's father had tried to find its location along with his friend, Qin Huai Zhang.

周子舒想把晋王打成伤残，让他长卧病榻，别人也无法继位，就能暂时稳定西北局势，张成岭却觉得应该杀了晋王，景北渊劝张成岭不要冲动，如果杀了晋王，还会有人继位，到时候群雄争霸，战火会遍布神州大地，生灵会惨遭涂炭，只有让晋王活着和其他势力互相内耗，才能换天下太平几年，张成岭才恍然大悟。