那肯定是大唐之人
“then the culprit must be someone of the Great Tang.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但若是奸人所害
“But if he was harmed by malicious hands,”
那肯定是 大唐 之 人
“then the culprit must be someone of the Great Tang.”
“When one's own people judge their own,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese judicial traditions distinguished sharply between internal affairs and foreign conflicts; judging one's own people avoided diplomatic escalation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
definitely / certainly
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to emphasize absolute certainty in one's deduction.
a person of the Great Tang
A semi-formal phrasing designating nationality or subjecthood in historical context.