Their First Meeting in the Snow: Poisoned Wine and a Thirty-One-Li Trail of Blood
In this game, with the martial world as the board and life and death as the stakes:
The poisoned wine he offered was returned to him, half a cup at a time.
The deadly trap he set was turned into bait against him.
The farewell letter he wrote with his own hand was hidden in a secret pocket close to his body.
The most poisonous scheme in the world is when we both think we're plotting against each other, even though we've already placed the antidote where the other can reach it.