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Situ Jing walked to Zhu Yu and saw that her robe was torn by a knife, revealing the golden soft armor underneath. He was shocked and seemed to have imagined how critical the situation was. He couldn't help but feel fortunate that the man next to the Golden-faced Censor was wearing such a treasure, otherwise this man would have been cut in the belly by a knife and would be lying on the ground dying with his eyes open.

The other imperial guards just thought that Lu Qing and Zhu Yu were both members of Situ Jing's personal guards and did not react much. However, the other imperial guards knew that these two people were outsiders.

Although they knew that these two men must have some background, otherwise they would not have been arranged by their general personally, but now they did not pay attention to Zhu Yu who was standing aside. They only saw their brothers lying on the ground in a miserable state as if their arms were broken, with scars all over their faces. It was obvious that the other party had hit them hard.

So while helping to hold him down, they couldn't help but secretly look at the man with the scar on his face with caution, and then they all turned their eyes to Situ Jing who was standing beside him.

"General, this..." One of the older guards looked at Situ Jing nervously, wondering why things had turned out like this.

He was older than the others and more rational. When he saw the current situation, he guessed that no one in the camp would dare to attack the general's personal soldiers for no reason. What's more, after the general arrived, he asked them to come over and help hold the man down without saying a word.

This clearly showed that the man had run into trouble just like the other imperial guards before!
They were all Situ Jing's close followers, so naturally they didn't believe that there was any evil spirit in the camp.

It's just that the personal guards had always been very careful in the past, and there had never been any problems. But now suddenly even some of the personal guards showed signs of being strange, which made it hard not to feel a little nervous.

"Tie the man up, knock him out if possible, and send him out as soon as possible." Situ Jing looked at the personal soldier on the ground who had become the second Centurion Pang with a serious expression. He waved his hand, signaling others to hurry up and not delay.

Watching those men hurriedly tying up Lu Qing's personal guards who had their arms removed, Situ Jingcai said to Lu Qing and Zhu Yu in a businesslike tone, "You two, follow me to the main tent for questioning."

When he said this, Lu Qing was checking on Zhu Yu. Seeing that she was unharmed except for her outer robe being scratched by the tip of the knife, the cruelty in his eyes subsided. After listening to Situ Jing's words, he still responded with the respectful attitude that a personal soldier should have, and left with Zhu Yu and Situ Jing.

When they arrived at the big tent, there was no one else around, so Situ Jing didn't need to act like a general in front of them. After sitting down, he poured hot tea for the two of them.

"You two have been frightened tonight. Drink some tea and take a breath. This matter is strange. I will call others in later and ask them clearly." As he poured the tea and spoke, his eyes quickly glanced at the golden soft armor exposed at the tear in Zhu Yu's outer robe.

Lu Qing glanced at him calmly, took off his own personal soldier's outer robe and wrapped it around Zhu Yu, completely covering the torn inner robe.

"I, the Chief Secretary, am not a martial artist. You have never seen such a big scene in your daily life with me. I was a little frightened tonight. I am sorry to have embarrassed you, General." Lu Qing sat back naturally.

Although he was only wearing a middle-length shirt and had pockmarks and scars on his face, he did not restrain himself at this moment. He still had a noble and natural look, and people did not feel that there was anything wrong with him.

Situ Jing's gaze narrowed, and he nonchalantly bowed to Zhu Yu and Lu Qing, "I'm sorry for the trouble you've caused tonight! I was negligent in not noticing that the guards around me had also been tricked, and this nearly put the Lord Chief Secretary in danger." "Since it was a close call, General, don't worry about it," Lu Qing shook his head and reminded him, "But it's clear from what happened tonight that someone is losing their temper and getting anxious."

"But..." Situ Jing frowned. "If they were just anxious, we'd be happy to see this happen. Unfortunately, the timing is wrong. The genius doctor who works for you hasn't found a suitable antidote yet. What should we do?"

He said this in a very tactful way, and it was also a way of giving face to the Golden-faced Censor.

After all, Situ Jing didn't know who the miracle doctor was, where he came from, or how good his medical skills were. He could only trust the Golden-faced Censor and let him handle the case. But now, seeing that there was no obvious progress, he was a little worried.

"I'm afraid the general needs to be more cautious and resist the resentment from below, delaying the situation for a while longer." Lu Qing didn't seem to be worried about whether the antidote could be prepared. "The poison attack on that personal soldier just now was faster and more severe than the others before. It doesn't seem like he was simply trying to harm other personal soldiers or the imperial guards, but rather had other motives."

As he spoke, he looked at Situ Jing, and Situ Jing also understood something from his gaze.

None of the three said anything else, and they rested for a cup of tea. Then Situ Jing got up and went out, asking someone to call a few personal soldiers over.

When the personal guards came over, Lu Qing and Zhu Yu were already standing aside, looking as if they had just been interrogated.

"Does anyone know who He Jiu has been dealing with these past two days? Has there been anything unusual before?" Situ Jing asked.

"General, we have been eating and living with He Jiu these days. Even during routine inspections, there are always brothers in the same team with him. Except for tonight when he was patrolling alone with the two of them and two imperial guards, he has never been alone." A personal soldier answered and turned his head to glance at Lu Qing and the others.

"Does anyone know if he has touched the waist badge in the Imperial Guard camp before?" Situ Jing knew the identities of Lu Qing and the others, so he naturally did not doubt them. Therefore, he ignored the hint of the personal soldier and continued to question him.

Several guards looked at each other and shook their heads. "The general had already sent down orders before, asking us to be careful and on guard. We usually only carry our own badges and have never touched any badges or tokens in the Imperial Guard camp."

"General, I just remembered something!" A personal soldier suddenly remembered something. "Before dinner today, He Jiu was called away. He came back a while later when dinner was served. He said it was a wasted trip. He was helping someone deliver a key, but he hurriedly took it and delivered it, but couldn't find the person.

When he came back and asked, they said it was a mistake and told him to just put the key back where it came from."

(End of this chapter)