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Chapter 146: Gaining a False Fame
Zhu Yu noticed Situ Jing's gaze at first, but pretended not to notice. However, after a few times, she changed her mind.

When she caught a glimpse of Situ Jing looking at her out of the corner of her eye, she turned her head and looked over, meeting Situ Jing's gaze.

Situ Jing was stunned and wanted to avoid it, but he felt that doing so would be too dishonest, so he nodded slightly to Zhu Yu somewhat uncomfortably.

"General," Zhu Yu took the initiative to say to Situ Jing, "I know that He Jiu was supposed to be on duty outside the tent last night.

Someone deliberately tricked him and poisoned him because they knew that he would be on duty outside the tent at night, so they wanted to harm the general.

No one expected that the general would be so lucky. He Jiu temporarily exchanged the night watch task with someone else, and the person who was almost killed by the knife became me.

But I am lucky enough that apart from a minor sprain, I was not in any danger of death.

In that case, General, don't worry too much. It's a blessing for a small official like me to be able to save someone like you from disaster."

She said this very sincerely, as if she believed that Situ Jing glanced at her from time to time because he felt guilty towards her, the person who suffered on his behalf.

Situ Jing was stunned for a moment. He was originally very calm, but when he was busy, he thought of the situation of the previous night and felt a little suspicious in his heart, so he couldn't help but look at Zhu Yu a few more times.

Hearing her say this, he felt a little embarrassed. He felt that Zhu Yu was right. No matter what, the other party had blocked the disaster for him, but his leg was still lame. It was really not very upright for him to be suspicious of her.

Thinking of this, he felt a little embarrassed. He clasped his fists and bowed to Zhu Yu, then went back to the work at hand. After a while, someone came to invite him again, and he hurried out of the tent again.

After that, he came back and never looked at Zhu Yu with that inquiring look again.

In the evening, Lu Qing, who had disappeared for a day, appeared again. He saw that Zhu Yu was fine in the big tent and did not seem to be nervous at all. On the contrary, Situ Jing seemed a little uncomfortable, with a bit of doubt in his eyes, and looked at Zhu Yu.

Zhu Yu just gave him a faint smile.

After all, she couldn't tell Lu Qing in front of the man himself how she used guilt to put this upright gentleman on the moral high ground.

Returning with Lu Qing was Rune, who had disappeared for an even longer time.

When Fu Wen came in, Zhu Yu had just sat for too long and took the opportunity of their return to get up and stretch out. Seeing her limping towards him, Fu Wen was really scared.

"Chief Secretary...you...what are you doing...?" There was no one else in the tent, so he asked quickly.

"It's okay, it's okay. I just sprained my ankle accidentally." Zhu Yu didn't mention the part about "taking the blame for someone else". He waved his hand and responded lightly.

When it comes to favors, you can make a profit by selling them once at the right time. If you bring them up over and over again, the effect will be counterproductive.

As expected, she brushed it off so nonchalantly, and Situ Jing, who was standing beside her, showed a hint of apology in his expression.

Fu Wen was a man who knew how to read people's expressions. He knew immediately that the reason was not suitable to be explained at this moment, so he did not ask any more questions. He clasped his fists towards Lu Qing and Situ Jing and said, "My Lord, General, this is what the miracle doctor asked me to give to you."

As he spoke, he took out a large, bulging paper bag that looked quite heavy, and a small, flat paper bag from his arms.

"How are those people who were sent to the miracle doctor?" Situ Jingteng stood up and asked hurriedly.

Fu Wen remained silent, silently looking at Situ Jing. Situ Jing also seemed to realize something, nodded, and sat back down. Lu Qing took the large paper bag and placed it on Situ Jing's desk. He also fished out a piece of paper from his bosom. There were about a dozen names written on it. He placed the paper on top of the large paper bag that Fu Wen had brought back and pushed it towards Situ Jing. "After observing for these few days, I found that these are the people who are closest to the enemy in the army who are easier to remove. General, you know what to do."

Situ Jing nodded silently and put away all the things.

That night, all the other personal guards were sent out for patrol, and Situ Jing only left three to guard the big tent.

That night, the candles in Situ Jing's tent did not go out until dawn.

For the next two or three days, the camp seemed calm on the surface. However, not many people knew that Situ Jing's personal soldiers had been poisoned. However, the news spread like wildfire and became known to everyone in the camp.

Situ Jing's solution of doing nothing seemed to have caused some resentment among the personal soldiers around him.

Someone was muttering quietly behind his back, saying that no one could predict what was happening in this world, and there were so many strange things that could not be explained. So many people had been in trouble, so why was the general unwilling to find someone to come and exorcise the evil spirits? No matter what, at least the brothers could feel at ease.

Of course, this kind of thing can only be said in private, and no one dares to say it openly.

But two days later, no one knew if they had really run into some kind of immortal, but overnight six or seven of the imperial guards suddenly became ill. Without exception, their eyes were bloodshot, and they suddenly became furious, chasing after their brothers in the camp to fight.

Fortunately, with his previous experience, Situ Jing handled these things quickly. He quickly arranged people to subdue those who were possessed by evil spirits, tied them up tightly with ropes, took them away together, and sent them out to find someone to treat them.

On the second day, more people were possessed by evil spirits, even more than the day before, about ten people in total.

Situ Jing used the same old trick again, and all the people who got into trouble one after another were tied up and sent away.

Only seven or eight days had passed when the imperial guards suddenly discovered that things were becoming increasingly wrong.

Originally, those who had encountered evil spirits and got into trouble were all minor officials in the army. Although the soldiers were a little panicked, they inexplicably thought that the officials who had been in trouble before were also high-ranking officials, so they felt that they could not be threatened.

But the people who have been in trouble recently seem to be completely different. Among them are minor officials like centurions and generals, as well as ordinary soldiers.

It seemed that the evil spirit suddenly stopped targeting the minor military officials and began to treat everyone equally.

After realizing this, they also noticed that although there didn't seem to be many people getting into trouble every day, how come in just a few days, there seemed to be fewer people in the camp!

As a result, rumors gradually began to spread in the military camp.

Some people say that Situ Jing is just a person who comes here to gain fame.

After the previous commander-in-chief got into trouble, the court sent him here to deal with the strange things in the Lizhou camp. However, when he arrived, he found that he had no way to resolve the situation. He was also afraid that the higher-ups would think that he was relying on his father's influence and that he had no ability at all, so he simply suppressed all the things here.

As long as it's not reported to the court, everything will be fine.

He didn't care how many unlucky brothers in the army got into trouble.

(End of this chapter)