Who is the traitor? According to the usual tension of Korean dramas, there is only one answer:
Zuo Yiwei
The beauty of "Kingdom" lies in a lot of details that are terrifying and terrifying. Behind each of them is a reversal. If you don't pay attention when watching it, it will pass by. I really wait until Zuo Yiwei's knife rests on the prince's neck. Looking back, I found that the grass snake gray line was full of foreshadowing.
Foreshadowing 1: martial arts master or collusion in advance
Thinking about it carefully, why is it surprising that Zuo Yiwei is a traitor? The entire Imperial Army is the eyeliner of the Haiyuan Zhao clan. Among the group of Zhao clan, it is really strange that there is a person who is loyal to the prince.
In fact, since the first episode, the screenwriter has hinted at Zuo Yiwei's true identity, just imagine, Haiyuan Zhao controlled all aspects of the palace, how could he just miss the important town of the prince's personal bodyguard?
From the very beginning of the conversation, we learned that Zuo Yiwei had mediocre qualifications, and he only became a martial artist at the age of thirty.
Some people may say that skill is not important, but loyalty to the prince is what matters. With the specialty of "loyalty", the prince specially placed him by his side and made him a confidant.
But what if his specialty is not "loyalty", but "camouflage"? And this is not groundless.
We all know the plot behind the first episode. The prince ordered Zuo Yiwei to steal the doctor's treatment records. From their conversations, we can see that this is not an easy job.
And the prince did not know what the reason was, but he sneaked into the Kangning Palace secretly (here I put forward a bold conjecture, maybe the prince also knew that Zuo Yiwei was a spy, so after letting him go, he personally inspected the palace and let him Stealing records is just a smoke bomb to cover up the real purpose), and was caught by the night guards. It can be seen that these red-headed turtledoves with feathers on their heads are not a bunch of scumbags.
So the question is, don't you think Zuo Yiwei's success is too easy? Is it possible that he did not sneak into the palace and stole the record, but had already colluded and swaggered to get it back, we don't know, but if you are the director, if you deliberately hide this content, is it really meaningless?
And there is a little bit of incomprehension in the plot. Since the record is so important, the Imperial Army guards it day and night, how can it not cause any waves after the theft?
If the above is not enough to convince you, then please read below.
Foreshadowing 2: Your wife, I will support myself
I don't know how many of you are like me and get chills down your spine watching the pregnant women gossip in episode 4? It was this passage that made me believe that Zuo Yiwei was not even a temporary traitor, but a chess piece that the Haiyuan Zhao clan placed beside the prince from the very beginning.
The main point of Zuo Yiwei's wife's words was "My husband asked me to come here." What does this mean? It means that it was not abduction or deception. It was Zuo Yiwei who personally entrusted his wife to this family, and we all know who the owner of this family is.
It is conceivable that before Zuo Yiwei took it away, he must have contacted the Haiyuan Zhao family and offered his wife as a hostage to show his loyalty.
As Mr. Ahn Hyun asserted, there are spies among the people who are traveling with him. This line appears in the bridge of Sangju’s night talk, so we all focus on the plot of Sangju. Who was with the prince when Lai was there? Who is the only one who walks with the prince ?
This also explains why the prince walked on the front foot, and Zhao Xuezhou's son caught up on the back foot (and gave away the head).
Foreshadowing three: the deep meaning contained in the lines
If you have been a screenwriter, you will know the difference between one or two words in the lines, and the few seconds of the actors are the result of the screenwriter's painstaking efforts.
Take the fifth episode, where the leader of the forbidden army was counter-killed by Lord An Xuan. He was hit by several arrows. At this time, he cursed viciously, and everyone in the prince and his party would die here. The emotion here has been fully expressed and fully reflected. The resentment and unwillingness of the character before his death can be completely stopped.
But the screenwriter didn't, and added a sentence "including your family". Please note that he is looking at the direction of the prince at the moment. Lord An Xuan is behind him, but the family of the prince has long since died, and the king has become a corpse king.
So, who is this sentence addressed to?
Obviously, it's Zuo Yiwei. This is not an unwilling curse before death at all, but a blatant threat . The implied line is "Zuo Yiwei, don't forget that your wife is still in our hands and kill the prince. !"
And Zuo Yiwei's reaction at the moment is also worth pondering. Although he looks like a stunned and honest man, but after chasing six episodes, I believe that all viewers can see that he is actually quite a brave and quick man.
According to the usual style, he should rush to chop off the head of the leader of the forbidden army at this time, just like his behavior of cutting his throat countless times.
But has Zuo Yiwei moved? No, he was completely stunned. Of course, we can say that Shi Zicheng never greeted him. He was disrupted by the sudden change, but which previous change was not sudden? Why was he stunned this time? And under the absolute advantage of "oneself"?
Unless, the previous changes are known to him in advance; unless, the "own side" who has the advantage at the moment is not his "own side", so the truth of the matter is:
Zuo Yiwei is a traitor. In the face of the threat of the leader of the imperial army (killing his wife), he is struggling to decide whether to assassinate the prince under An Xuan's siege, so Zuo Yiwei is in a position in the last part of the fifth episode. The state of being disconnected, until the prince took his knife and cut off the head of the leader of the forbidden army.
Finally, I will make a summary. Based on the information provided by these foreshadowings, I think Zuo Yiwei will turn his back on the final confrontation between the prince and the Zhonggong Niangniang. This is a sure thing ( yes, the big Boss is the Zhonggong Niangniang, Not Zhao Xuezhou, she will definitely kill her own father, we will wait and see ).
Of course, some friends will say that I am talking nonsense. If Zuo Yiwei is really a traitor, why not get rid of the prince in Dongnae, and let the prince go to Sangju to join An Xuan.
Well, this will involve the struggle between Zhao Xuezhou and An Xuan. I will write another article to discuss it later. Kingdom is very interesting. If the zombie element is removed, it will be a political thriller. It's not as simple as it seems.
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