Dugu Jing led ten thousand Beiman Soldiers to Mudan City. Lin Xiao and Zhang Boxin came out to meet him. Seeing the arrival of the Beiman Army, both Lin Xiao and Zhang Boxin were very pleased and simultaneously relieved; although Han Ziqi had surrendered, they worried about unexpected events, plus Xie Jue was too quiet. Whenever he was quiet, they feared he would suddenly make a bloody decision, so having Dugu Jing there made them feel relatively safer. Dugu Jing was assertive and straightforward, inherently at odds with Xie Jue. If the Prince made a decision he disagreed with, Dugu Jing could protest and refuse, something Lin Xiao and Zhang Boxin didn't dare to do, lacking the courage. Neither Lin Xiao nor Zhang Boxin wanted a massacre in Mudan City, so they lived in daily trepidation.
Upon meeting, Dugu Jing's first question was, "Is it true that Fang Chuning is dead?"
