One of the things I especially like in Zhan Zhao Adventures is how even thought Bai Yutang and Huo Linglong don't strictly share Zhan Zhao's belief in the necessity of justice from law rather than personal revenge, they do what they can to make sure ZZ can stick to that principle, even before they know why exactly it is so important to him.
First, in ep 11 when they catch up to that corrupt official and question him about the treatment of Liu Hongyi, HLL steps in to make sure ZZ doesn't do anything he'll regret when he does get upset, and later in ep 13 we find out she was sent along because BYT thought it was a risk he'd lose control.
Then, when Ding Yuehua kills Jing Yiming, HLL helps her get away so that ZZ doesn't have to deal with the conflict of whether to arrest her for it, when the law would demand it but he personally doesn't really think she was wrong to kill him.
And of course there is the line they can't cross, and that too is about protecting ZZ, as opposite to himself, they put his life above his principles, even when it has to do with such a deeply personal case to them as their brother and aunt's case (ep 27).
Finally this particular narrative through line gets its climax in the last episode, when ZZ deliberately decides to do what he as an imperial officer should not, namely to kill Prince Xiangyang. It's obviously partly calculated as being for the greater good, because as the prince says, he won't be killed by the emperor, and will just build a new faction, so the only thing to make sure he won't is to kill him, but this is't the full motive, asn especially not when it comes to the moment of the act.
At that time, what ZZ says is that even the prince isn't exempt of the life for life principle, which is purely the Jianghu way of revenge. And while the prince's actions have led to countless lives being lost, it is quite obvious that at that moment, ZZ isn't referring to the larger picture, but one particular life he thought was lost right there in front of his eyes. That is the ultimate reason he puts away his self as the officer of law, and is just Zhan Zhao taking his revenge. More than appropriately, BYT gets to it before him, preventing him from crossing that line.
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