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Chapter 731 King Qin
"You've been staying here the whole time?" Zhu Yu asked, while also observing Lu Qing. Seeing that his complexion was not bad, she knew that his wound had not worsened, and then she felt relieved.

"Hmm." Lu Qing reached out and gently touched Zhu Yu's cheek. "I scared you quite a bit this time. I was afraid that when you woke up and didn't see me, you would worry again, so I waited here for you to wake up so we could go out together."

Zhu Yu sat up. She was fine, and now that she had had a good night's sleep, she felt much lighter from head to toe.

After changing into the clean clothes that Lu Qing had prepared for her, she belatedly realized that the blisters on the soles of her feet had also been treated with ointment and wrapped in cloth.

It's obvious who did these things without even asking.

Lunch was arranged in Lu Chao's room. After all, there were many people and things mixed up outside. Lu Chao was of noble status. Although Lu Qing claimed to be a commoner, Bian Yong had never really treated him like an ordinary person. So, it was more convenient for them to talk when they ate alone, and the others below could also feel more at ease.

Lu Qing helped Zhu Yu walk very slowly. One of them was injured and the other had blisters on his feet, so they couldn't go fast even if they wanted to.

When they arrived at Lu Chao's room, Lu Chao was already sitting at the table. The bandages on his leg, which had been bandaged by Zhu Yu, had been removed, leaving only the ankle area secured. It seemed that the swelling had subsided somewhat.

As soon as Zhu Yu entered the room, he looked at his leg and then breathed a sigh of relief: "I was worried that the cloth strip binding his leg all day from yesterday to today would be bad for blood circulation, but now that it's been loosened, I'm relieved."

Who was so prescient?

If Yan Daoxin were here, she naturally wouldn't have such a question, but now Yan Daoxin is no longer by their side, and apart from herself, the others are completely ignorant of medical skills.

"It was you." Lu Qing chuckled. "You woke up before dawn and mumbled some instructions to me before you fell asleep again. Don't you even remember them?"

Zhu Yu was taken aback. She really didn't remember it, which made her sigh inwardly, "What does it mean to be a worrier? This is it!"
Lu Chao rested here for a day and has now returned to his usual gentle and refined demeanor. When he saw Zhu Yu and Lu Qing coming over, he waved to them, indicating that they should sit down and have a meal.

During the meal, none of the three said anything until Zhu Yu, the last to finish eating, put down his chopsticks. Only then did Lu Chao ask, "How are you two? Do you still have enough energy to chat for a bit?"

Lu Qing looked at Zhu Yu, who nodded: "Anyway, one of you has an unhealed wound and the other is unable to walk properly, so you can't do anything about wielding weapons. If you just want to chat, you can chat until dawn without any problem."

Having received Zhu Yu's "approval," Lu Qing asked Lu Chao, "What happened yesterday? Did those people follow you all the way here, or did they ambush you along the way?"

"No, actually it was more like a chance encounter." Lu Chao's expression darkened slightly as he spoke. "We didn't pay much attention when we ran into a group of Imperial Guards."

After all, I was sent out of the capital by the Emperor to inspect various places openly and aboveboard. When I encountered the Imperial Guards on their way, we kept to ourselves and didn't interfere with each other.

When the group of men leading the group saw us, they asked for our identities. My men showed them our tokens, and after they saw the tokens, they suddenly whistled, and their personal guards rushed over without warning.

"You probably know what happened next. If it weren't for Lu Qing bringing General Bian's men to our aid, we would probably be in grave danger." "Were those men conscious?" Zhu Yu asked Lu Qing.

Lu Qing shook his head: "The leaders we caught up with were conscious, but most of the others were in the same state as when we arrived."

Lu Chao looked at the two of them with some doubt, and Lu Qing then told them about the puppet-like imperial guards they had seen from afar on the official road below the hillside the day they came to the village.

“Then I roughly know where these puppet soldiers are going.” After listening, Lu Chao’s doubts turned into understanding. “They are probably going to Congzhou.”

"What happened in Congzhou?" Lu Qing asked, puzzled. He had not heard anything about Congzhou from Lu Chao before.

“If we had followed our original agreement, I should have arrived a few days earlier.” Lu Chao sighed slowly. “The reason I’m late is because something suddenly happened in the capital.”

Because the Jie people kidnapped Lu Zhang as a prisoner to blackmail the emperor, and then heard that the Jie people were making frequent unusual moves, rumors spread throughout the capital that this must be related to an inside traitor. They said that if there wasn't an inside traitor colluding with the Jie people, how could things have come to this?

After a period of panic and turmoil, just one day after I set off from the capital, news suddenly broke that Lu Ze had led troops to blockade the capital, claiming he was worried about the emperor's safety and was besieging the city to protect him.

"Serving the King?!" Zhu Yu was startled; she had only heard of such things in stories before.

Moreover, at this time, the Jie people are not at the city gates and directly threatening the capital. If Lu Ze really wanted to, it would be reasonable for him to volunteer to lead troops to conquer the Jie Kingdom.

But he deliberately staged a "loyalist" charade, besieging the capital.

Isn't this a case of ostensibly "serving the king" but actually "capturing the king"?!
Lu Qing frowned as well. He connected Lu Ze's move to surround the capital to defend the emperor with something else: "Lu Ze's timing is quite precise. If it had been any earlier, he would have accidentally trapped you in the city as well."

So those puppet soldiers must have all received orders to go to the state.

"Yes, we came here via Runzhou to meet you. While we were there, we heard that a large force had appeared in Congzhou at some point, but they did not obey the orders of the state government."

After receiving news from the capital, it's not hard to guess whose orders those people were following. Lu Chao smiled faintly. "Lu Ze and I have never been particularly close, but it turns out we're brothers after all, and we've actually been on the same page on this matter."

He was afraid I'd be stranded in the capital, and I was equally afraid of being trapped, so I was eager to escape. He timed it perfectly, sealing off the capital almost as soon as I left—it was as if we'd hit it off instantly.

"Is His Majesty's safety guaranteed now?" Lu Qing asked the most important question.

"Don't worry," Lu Chao nodded. "Although the capital is sealed off from the outside by Lu Ze's people, there are still a group of civil and military officials inside, which makes Lu Ze somewhat wary. In addition, the Imperial Guards have always been the Emperor's confidants. As long as Lu Ze doesn't take a hard line, it shouldn't be a problem to hold out for a while."