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Chapter 139: Panic [Monthly Ticket Extra]

It was not until about three quarters after midnight that a carriage arrived at the post station and took the three people to the imperial guards camp.

The coachman was not wearing the uniform of the Lizhou Imperial Guards, but looked more like a personal soldier around Situ Jing.

Without saying a word, he sent the three people into Situ Jing's tent, and then stood silently by the door curtain.

Situ Jing was stunned when he saw the three people coming in. Then he realized that the people who brought them in were his personal soldiers. He immediately understood what was going on. He stood up, looked at the three people, and then bowed to Lu Qing: "Please come this way, sir."

Lu Qing went over and saw Situ Jing take out a thick cloth bag, carefully placed it on the table, and opened the outer cloth pieces layer by layer.

Zhu Yu was also a little curious, thinking that there was something rare inside. However, when the last layer of cloth was removed, he found that there was only a waist badge inside.

The waist badge was black in color and looked ordinary, even a little rough. Judging from the style, it looked like the most common one in a military camp.

Situ Jing took out another badge from his waist and placed it beside him: "This is the badge that the soldiers who take turns on duty at the Lizhou Imperial Guard camp need to carry.

The Brie bread one was a little different when I checked it today after receiving the message.

When the two tokens are placed together, the difference between them can be seen clearly by careful identification.

The piece wrapped in the cloth is darker in color, with a bluish-black hue, and apart from the normal texture on the waist badge, the rest of the area appears very smooth.

The piece that was taken out from Situ Jing's waist was not only slightly lighter in color, but also had three small round protrusions visible between the textures.

Situ Jing took out his command center badge and turned it over to show Lu Qing.

There are also three inconspicuous dents on the back of the badge of the capital command room.

He placed the iron waist badge behind his own command room waist badge, and the three round protrusions and three indentations fit together perfectly.

Lu Qing noticed that Situ Jing had used several layers of cloth, with a layer of oilcloth in between, to wrap the unusual waist badge with great care. He said to him, "Tell someone to take this to the post station and give it to the miracle doctor who came with me."

Situ Jing wrapped up the badge and handed it to the personal soldier standing by. The personal soldier took it carefully, put it in his arms, turned around and walked out of the tent.

"General, what countermeasures do you have?" Lu Qing asked in a low voice.

"I plan to send someone to take the real waist badge and my handwritten letter, and go out to find a safe place to ask a blacksmith to remake a few such waist badges to replace the suspicious ones." Situ Jing told the truth. At present, in the Lizhou Imperial Guard camp, after several accidents, the only people he could trust completely were the few personal soldiers he brought with him.

But his personal soldiers were at most loyal to him. If he wanted to discuss countermeasures with others, they would be useless.

Therefore, the person he can rely on most now is the golden-faced censor sent by the emperor, whose identity and background no one knows.

"Leave this matter to my men." Lu Qing looked at the rune and asked, "Did you hear what General Situ said?"

"Yes, I'll do it right away." Fu Wen immediately clasped his fists in reply, then said respectfully to Situ, "General, please lend me a durable horse. We can't find a blacksmith shop nearby. If we're not careful, we might alert the enemy, so we need to go further away."

Situ Jing was very pleased with Fu Wen's thoughtfulness and readily agreed. He called in a man and asked him to bring a horse with good endurance. When the horse was brought, Fu Wen took the marked badge and mounted it, galloping out of the camp. The horse's hooves kicked up dust on the ground and gradually faded away. Soon, even the sound of the hooves could no longer be heard.

Situ Jing took two sets of personal guards' uniforms and handed them to Lu Qing: "It's not safe to let you stay with the other imperial guards. Suddenly sending strangers in will easily arouse suspicion.

What's more, there are who knows how many people like Captain Pang in the military camp, and who knows when they will suddenly attack. So these days you will be my personal soldiers and live in the same tent with them at night.

They are all my confidants and won't say much, so you can rest assured.

Change your clothes, and I'll have someone take you over to rest."

Obviously, Situ Jing didn't know that there was a woman dressed as a man standing in front of him. Zhu Yu certainly wouldn't take the initiative to point out this matter at this juncture. He could only quietly change his outer robe with Lu Qing to the style of Situ Jing's personal soldiers.

Situ Jing didn't care too much at first, but when he accidentally saw that the personal attendant who came with the Golden-faced Censor in disguise was wearing a gold-thread soft armor, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then looked away without leaving a trace.

After the two men changed their clothes, Situ Jing asked someone to take them to the camp.

Since the two men were newly assigned, the other guards who did not have to stand guard had already gone to bed, so they could only temporarily make two beds for them on one side of the tent.

But this was exactly what they wanted. Lu Qing let Zhu Yu sleep in the inner position, and he lay on the outer bunk with his clothes on, lying on his side, just in time to help Zhu Yu block the sleeping personal soldiers less than ten feet away.

After Zhu Yu lay down, he tossed and turned, carefully adjusting his posture.

"What's wrong?" Lu Qing leaned close to her ear in the darkness and asked in a very low voice, "Are you too nervous to sleep?"

Zhu Yu's ears felt hot from the hot air he exhaled when he spoke, but in this situation, whispering seemed inevitable.

She carefully turned over and leaned close to Lu Qing's ear: "The soft gold armor is so uncomfortable."

After she finished speaking, she felt the person next to her tremble slightly, obviously trying to hold back laughter.

However, before Zhu Yu could "remind" him, Lu Qing had already calmed down.

"Take off your soft armor and go to sleep. I'll wake you up and get dressed before dawn tomorrow morning." He said in a low voice.

Although this is a bit risky and troublesome, the soft armor is fine for standing or sitting, but when lying down, the whole person feels like lying on a gravel road, and every part of the body is uncomfortable.

Zhu Yu had no choice but to follow Lu Qing's advice. He carefully and quietly took off his outer robe and soft armor in the dark, and lay back down. Only then did he feel much better.

She secretly touched her chest and found that the bra binder was tightly tied there. Although it was uncomfortable, she couldn't care less under the current circumstances.

Without the pain of the soft golden armor and with Lu Qing by his side, Zhu Yu felt a little more at ease. He turned over, facing away from Lu Qing, and soon fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)