For the first time Gao Chang Gong gets to see Zheng Er's crazy side. She tells him how they were destined for each other. About all the trials and tribulations she's been through to earn him. When Chang Gong says he doesn't have any romantic feelings towards her, Zheng Er refuses to believe him. He must love her because the voices in her head tell her so.
Yang Shi Shen, along with a beaten Xiao Dong, ride up to the couple to report Yang Xue Wu has been kidnapped by the bandits. Chang Gong thinks back to all the times he's been an ass to his wife, and there are plenty of flashbacks for that. He doesn't kill Zheng Er like he should but only orders the woman to never appear before him again. The men mount up to ride off to Xue Wu's rescue, leaving a weeping Zheng Er behind.
She's found by two hunters who drag her off, beat her and rape her. After the brutal attack Zheng Er finds a tree branch and is in the process of killing herself when Crown Prince Gao Wei and his men discover her. They cut her down before Zheng Er's suicide is a success.
Over at the Zhou border, King Yuwen Yung is busy recruiting men for his army. General Yuwen Shen Ju runs into some newbies who are carrying a poster with drawings of beautiful women for sale at the slave market. Shen Ju recognizes one of the women is Xue Wu. He wants to keep this news from the king but it's too late: Yung has already seen one of the posters and has left the camp.
As Gao Wei nurses Zheng Er, he thinks back to happier days when they were young and he first fell in love with her. When Zheng Er wakes up the crown prince asks her who is responsible so he can avenge her. Zheng Er names Xue Wu and Chang Gong as the ones who drove her to suicide.
Look, random white people are at the slave market! An unconscious Xue Wu is brought out on the auction block. (I'm not sure if she's been drugged, knocked out or if her illness has gotten worse.) The bidding begins and it looks like Xue Wu is going to be sold off when King Yung rides in. He outbids them all with a giant pearl.
Yung puts his unconscious purchase on his horse and rides out. Hairy and the bandits decide if this guy has a giant pearl then he must have other riches. Riches that are just begging to be stolen by them.
A step way behind, Chang Gong and the others see the poster for the slave sale and recognize Xue Wu. They set off for the market.
Hairy and his men surround Yung and Xue Wu and demand more treasure. This is when Shen Ju and his soldiers attack. This allows the king time to ride off while they all fight.
The slave auctioneer is enjoying his haul when he's confronted by Chang Gong and the gang. They question him about the whereabouts of Xue Wu. Fearing the bandits more than Chang Gong, the auctioneer lies about which direction she was taken.
That night Yung and Xue Wu find shelter in a cave. She must be sicker as Yung wants to go find a doctor for her. Xue Wu stops him as she fears he'll run into the bandits again. Besides, perhaps it would be better if she died. Yung blames Chang Gong (as he should) for Xue Wu having such a defeatist attitude.
He leaves the cave to go search for a rare healing herb. He's gone forever. Long enough for a song from the OST to play.
After two days of useless searching, Chang Gong realizes the slave auctioneer sent them on a wild goose chase.
Shen Ju and his soldiers find Xue Wu just as an exhausted Yung returns to the cave. He feeds the herb to the fevered woman and wills Xue Wu to live.
Hairy and his bandits, defeated by Shen Ju, sit dejectedly at the abandoned slave market. They're trying to work out their next move when Chang Gong and his men work it out for them.
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