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Chapter 160 Resurrection
"General Situ, I have something to ask you. This may be a bit presumptuous, so please forgive me." Zhu Yu frowned. She had assumed that what she and Lu Qing had seen from the Lizhou camp, Situ Jing would also be able to see clearly. However, she didn't expect him to start by saying that the Shuo Kingdom and the Jie Kingdom were colluding, as if he had ulterior motives. "If you had intended to attack my master that day, would you have done it yourself, and would you have used your own sword to injure him?"

"Of course not." Situ Jing did not show any displeasure at her inquiry, but the mention of the incident of injuring Lu Qing that day still made him feel a little uneasy.

"There are many kinds of poisons in this world, from those that cause people to suffer from ruptured intestines to those that kill people in an instant. There are too many to count." Zhu Yu did not give him more opportunities to speak, and continued, "If the Jie Kingdom and the Shuo Kingdom wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble, they could have used a poison that is readily available in the Jin Kingdom. Why did they go to the Imperial Guard camp and use poisonous herbs that are only available in the Jie Kingdom to make poison?

Are you afraid that others will not associate this matter with the Jie Kingdom?

This is even more true for the Shuo Kingdom. If I'm not mistaken, before my master arrived in Lizhou, none of the soldiers in the Lizhou camp had shown symptoms similar to that of Captain Pang. At that time, the other side didn't use the Shuo Kingdom's Lai Jiao at all.

Isn't this the same as General sending your own personal guards, wearing the clothes of the personal guards of the Situ Mansion and carrying your sword to assassinate our lord?
Do you think the Jie King and the Shuo King are really that stupid?"

Situ Jing sighed and waved his hand, "Not really! If it was just about the Lizhou camp incident, I wouldn't have to come here at night to remind you two."

He pondered for a moment and said, "My father and brother sent me a letter before. In the letter, they mentioned that in several counties adjacent to our Dajin and Jie Kingdom, there were bandits causing trouble. They would often go to the villages to burn, kill, and loot, making the local people suffer terribly.

Later, my father and brother were ordered to send troops to encircle and suppress the bandits, and they successfully repelled them.

When those people fled in panic, they dropped their swords and knives, which were picked up by the imperial guards. It turned out that those weapons were all forged from black iron, and judging by the forging skills, they also came from the Shuo Kingdom.

"It is true that black iron is unique to Shuo State." Zhu Yu did not deny this. "In addition to black iron, Shuo State also has a large amount of ordinary iron ore, and its iron forging skills are second to none among the four seas and five countries.

It is not surprising that not only the Jie Kingdom, but also the weapons used by several other vassal states, except the Dajin Kingdom, basically came from the Shuo Kingdom.

Why, just because you seized weapons from Jie bandits, do you insist that Jie Shuo is colluding with you and has evil intentions?"

"You are correct, but if any country needs to acquire new weapons, it must seek approval from the emperor. After that, it will be recorded in the Ministry of War. Only then will the Ministry of War arrange for personnel to personally transport and deliver the marked weapons to all locations.

After verification, it was found that although the style of the seized weapons was exactly the same as that equipped by the Jie soldiers, they were not marked and were suspected to be privately made.

Therefore, the rumor that the Jie Kingdom and the Shuo Kingdom were colluding gradually spread.

"Then His Majesty sent Prince Yi to inspect the border, which should be enough to explain something," said Situ Jing.

At this point, he suddenly fell silent.

He had known this matter clearly from his father and brother's letters a long time ago, but perhaps because of the comparison with the previous examples, when he mentioned these unmarked weapons again, his mind was filled with the words of the "Chief Clerk" just now - "Isn't this the same as you, General, sending your own personal soldiers, wearing the clothes of the personal soldiers of the Situ Mansion on weekdays, carrying your own swords to assassinate our lord?
Do you think the Jie King and the Shuo King are really that stupid?"

yes……

If you think about it carefully, there does seem to be something interesting about this matter.

If the Jie Kingdom wanted to join forces with the Shuo Kingdom to privately manufacture a batch of weapons, the Shuo Kingdom could obviously use ordinary iron ore to smelt iron, make weapons and sell them secretly. In that way, even if the crime of privately manufacturing weapons was caught, it would not be so easy to put the blame on the Shuo Kingdom.

But black iron is unique to the Shuo Kingdom. As long as the weapons are made of black iron, even if the forging technology cannot explain anything, this alone is enough to make the Shuo Kingdom speechless.

Zhu Yu was also surprised after hearing Situ Jing's words.

However, her thoughts were exactly the opposite of Situ Jing's. During the years she spent in Prince Shuo's mansion, although she had always been a concubine's daughter whose father had not paid much attention to her, she did have some observations about her adoptive father.

If Zhu Cheng had such great ambition and courage that he dared to collude with the Jie King and intend to rebel, Zhu Yu would be afraid that he would laugh out loud.

But what worried her now was how the black iron from Shuo State had found its way into Jie State? Why did the privately made black iron weapons still bear the obvious forging skills of Shuo State craftsmen?
This doubt made her heart heavy and vaguely uneasy.

Situ Jing seemed to be confused by the contradiction in this matter, and his expression looked a little strange for a moment.

Lu Qing was silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke, changing the subject and saying to Situ Jing, "General Situ, I think you should also think about your future, right?

Since the general took over as the commander-in-chief of the Lizhou camp, he has been deliberately instigated by people with ulterior motives, which has led to serious conflicts between the soldiers in the camp and the general's personal guards.

Although the misunderstanding has now been resolved and everyone knows that it was the result of deliberate instigation by treacherous people, reconciliation does not mean that the rift has disappeared.

Prejudice is like extinguished paper ashes. It only needs a little stirring to revive the dead ashes.

General, if you continue to serve in the Lizhou camp, even if you handle matters impartially, people will inevitably seize on the details and make a fuss about you, insisting that you are still biased and relying on your own personal soldiers.

But if, in order to avoid suspicion and to silence the gossips of the people, he gives in to the imperial guards in everything, he will lose the hearts of his own soldiers because of his lack of fairness.

The general should be careful not to be caught in a dilemma, as this will end up displeasing both the superiors and the subordinates, leaving him with nothing to be blamed for.

His words successfully drew Situ Jing's attention away from his previous conversation with Zhu Yu.

Situ Jing sighed softly and shook his head: "I understand what you mean, sir, but whether to go or stay is not something I can influence.

Since His Majesty has sent me here, he must have his reasons. If I fail to complete the task of Lizhou Camp, and ask His Majesty to transfer me elsewhere before the internal and external troubles of Lizhou Camp are completely settled... I'm afraid it would not be appropriate.

My father fought on the battlefield and guarded the border. He has worked hard for so many years to defend the glory of the Situ family. It cannot be ruined just because of my incompetence and I retreat and shirk responsibility.

It doesn't matter what the soldiers think of me. I will do my job well and lead my soldiers to guard the Lizhou camp.

If the Jie and Shuo kingdoms had no ambition to invade, I would naturally be happy to see peace in the world and the people living and working in peace and contentment.

But if outsiders dare to invade, I will not let them bypass the Lizhou Forbidden Army and enter Dajin to commit crimes, even if I die!"

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