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Chapter 162 Heart-piercing

Zhu Yu went back to find Lu Qing. When he returned to the room, Lu Qing was already sitting at the table with his golden mask off. There was a stack of papers in front of him and a brush in his hand, writing furiously on the papers. He seemed to be in a good mood and looked much more energetic than before.

Seeing Zhu Yu return, he waved at her, motioning her to sit at the table. "Madam, you've been seeing me off for so long. It seems you had a very pleasant conversation with General Situ."

With Fu Wen guarding outside, Lu Qing dared to call him that, so Zhu Yu no longer held his nerve. He took off the mask on his face and sat down, saying, "Your Highness, you're joking! General Situ has a stubborn temper. You couldn't convince him to listen to you right away, so how could I have such a big face?

I just thought he was kind enough to remind us, so I reminded him too, asking him to think carefully about why the emperor suddenly sent him to Lizhou. When will the Situ family, who are so stubborn and passively being schemed against, finally stop?

"Oh?" Lu Qing seemed instantly interested when he heard her words, and the pen in his hand was placed on the edge of the inkstone. "Why do you think the emperor suddenly sent him to Lizhou?"

Zhu Yu shook his head: "Actually, I don't know either.

I hadn't thought too much about this matter originally, but these past few days at the post station, I had more free time, so I had time to think about all sorts of things.

Last time, the emperor sent you to Qingshui County to investigate the situation on the pretext of the ghost temple. It so happened that the victim in the ghost temple murder case had many connections with the Qingshui County government, and the person implicated was Li Wencai, the warehouse-moving rat who had been entrenched in Qingshui County.

A network has been secretly formed from top to bottom in the state, and Li Wencai's superiors are probably no cleaner than him, so you have to take action this time to find out the truth.

But this time it was different. Before sending us here, the emperor had already transferred Situ Jing, who was originally in Runzhou, to the Lizhou camp two months in advance.

From the father's generation, the Situ family are all loyal and good.

As for his generation, when Situ Jing was in charge of the imperial guards in Runzhou, he did a very good job.

So whether it is loyalty or ability, Situ Jing's transfer this time seems to have a profound meaning.

I honestly feel that His Majesty, having chosen a distant place to transfer Situ Jing here, and then sending you here just two months later, seems to have ulterior motives."

"If we hadn't come this time, Situ Jing might not have figured out what kind of poisonous weed was behind the strange things happening in the army.

And if Situ Jing hadn't been here, our plan wouldn't have been able to be implemented so smoothly."

After hearing what Zhu Yu said, Lu Qing said so, his face showed no emotion, but the glint in his eyes became even brighter than before. "I don't think Situ Jing's transfer to Lizhou is a coincidence. It's just that the emperor's will is hard to predict. We can't fully guess what the emperor was thinking at the time."

"So, what are you considering now?" Zhu Yu glanced at the paper in front of Lu Qing. Across the round table, she could vaguely make out some words in tiny calligraphy, and could tell it was a secret memorial Lu Qing was preparing to submit to Emperor Jin. "Accusing Situ Jing of his crimes, having him removed from Lizhou and demoted elsewhere." Lu Qing's answer was quite blunt.

"What evil can he accuse you of?" Zhu Yu was a little confused. Just now this guy said that the case in the Imperial Guards camp could be solved so quickly thanks to the cooperation between both parties. How come he suddenly changed the subject and started accusing others of something?
"Madam, if you say that, I'm really heartbroken." Lu Qing had a disgusting and resentful look on his face, and his hands gently covered his chest. "My wounds haven't healed yet, have you forgotten who hurt me?"

"So, whether this strike was intentional or an accidental injury depends entirely on your Highness's words." Zhu Yu understood and nodded. "What else? This alone may not be enough to convince His Majesty to take action against him."

"I have always been an upright person and never do anything so dirty or vile." Lu Qing smiled slightly, picked up his pen again, and continued writing furiously on the paper while saying to Zhu Yu, "I have personally told Situ Jing everything I wanted to report to His Majesty today."

Zhu Yu recalled what Lu Qing and Situ Jing had just said.

Apart from Situ Jing's somewhat guilty explanation of why he had waited so many days and only came to visit Lu Qing and the others when they were about to leave, these two people didn't say much else. Moreover, they were somewhat pretending to be ignorant, and many of their words were rather obscure and not too straightforward.

However, with a little recollection, it is not difficult to remember that Lu Qing did mention to the Situ family his dilemma of balancing the closeness between the imperial guards and his personal soldiers, as well as the problem that the thieves who planned all this were all deadly and not a single one was left alive.

Thinking about it this way, it’s true that what Lu Qing said was true. He really did remind Situ Jing in advance of all the “black material” that he was planning to report.

"No, you were seriously injured before, and I overlooked other things for a moment." Zhu Yu just recalled what Lu Qing had reminded Situ Jing of, and suddenly found a suspicious point that she had not noticed before. She frowned and looked at Lu Qing with suspicion, "You are a person who always considers everything before doing things, and you are not the type to neglect one thing for another.

"You previously arranged for Yan Daoxin and Fu Wen to stay outside with those 'poisoned' soldiers, keeping them at bay and waiting for the right moment. Could it be that you didn't anticipate that the bandits would resort to shady tactics when they were desperate?"

Lu Qing stopped writing and looked up at Zhu Yu with an innocent look on his face. "Even the wisest man can make mistakes. Perhaps this is my 'mistake'."

"I don't think so." Zhu Yu pointed out directly without giving any face, "As one of the victims of your scheme, I don't think you would make such a big mistake.

In my opinion, you carried the pills that could dispel the drug with you that day, which was a preparation for both situations, but you just didn't remind Situ Jing.

You need him to leave some loopholes when handling this case of deliberate poisoning in the camp, because you know that with the temperament of the Situ family, they will not be easily persuaded.

If he doesn't want to move and you want to push him, you still need to have something to say when you complain."

"Madam, your words are like a knife cutting through my heart." Lu Qing's face was filled with sorrow, but his words were insincere. Without waiting for Zhu Yu's response, he asked again, "Given the temperament of the Zhu family, after hearing about the privately manufactured weapons, are you still convinced that your father has no intention of rebellion?

(End of this chapter)