As the two were talking, voices were heard again outside the tent, which had been quiet for a long time.

"Xiaodao is back." Mu Beiyan immediately judged.

Sure enough, a moment later, Mu Xiaodao rushed in from outside the tent with an anxious look on his face.

"General, General, how are you?" Xiaodao's voice was loud.

It was so loud that Shen Qingyin found it a bit deafening.

"Madam, why are you here?" Upon discovering Shen Qingyin was there, Mu Xiaodao asked Shen Qingyin again, his voice just as loud.

Shen Qingyin was slightly stunned. Before he could speak, he heard Mu Beiyan say, "Okay, that's enough. Speak softly."

"Yes, General, I'm just afraid that those long ears outside can't hear it..." Xiaodao agreed in a low voice, and then looked at Shen Qingyin, "Then why did Madam come here?"

Shen Qingyin was a little embarrassed: "I'm just a little worried about you guys..."

"Us? What Madam is really worried about is the general, right?" Xiaodao pointed out with a smile.

Shen Qingyin's face turned slightly red, and Mu Beiyan stopped him with a cold face: "Okay, stop making fun of the lady, and get down to business."

"Yes." Mu Xiaodao said seriously, "I have just met with a few of our people. There were only two people who touched your meal before leaving last night. One was the cook, and the other was Lieutenant Li Jun."

"Li Jun? It's really him?" Although he had guessed it before, Mu Beiyan's face was still full of disbelief at this moment.

The chef is one of ours who has been employed for a long time, so there is no way there could be any problem.

That could only be Lee Joon, but Lee Joon......

Xiao Dao was very sure: "Yes, he was very cunning. He took a few people to the kitchen under the pretext of checking security and approached your food when no one was paying attention. If our people had not been watching secretly, it would be difficult to find out that he had tampered with it... By the way, General, how did you know that someone would poison your food?"

Mu Beiyan covered up casually: "How would I know? I was just being cautious on the battlefield..."

Xiao Dao was full of admiration: "The general is wise and should be cautious. Who would have thought that our military camp would be leaking like a sieve..."

After a pause, he asked again: "General, if the evidence is solid, should we arrest him? Those of us who know about it are very angry and want to kill Li Jun right away!"

Mu Beiyan waved his hand to stop them: "Absolutely not, now is not the time. Tell them not to alert the enemy and just keep a close eye on them. If he makes any movement, report back to me immediately."

"Yes, General."

Mu Xiaodao didn't stay for long and went out.

Mu Beiyan's face was heavy, and he sighed: "I never thought it would be Li Jun——"

Shen Qingyin felt that the name Li Zhun sounded very familiar. After thinking about it, he suddenly remembered: "Could it be Li Zhun, the son of Wu'an Marquis?"

Mu Beiyan nodded: "Yes, it is indeed Li Jun, the son of Wu'an Marquis!"

Shen Qingyin couldn't help but be shocked again: "This shouldn't be the case. What reason does he have to be so cruel to the general?"

The Wu'an Marquis family is also a family of military generals. Both the ancestors and Wu'an Marquis himself have made great military achievements for the Beixin Dynasty and are also deeply loved by the people. Otherwise, he would not have been conferred the title of Wu'an Marquis by the emperor.

However, due to an injury suffered in his early years, Marquis Wu'an was unable to walk and had not been on the battlefield for many years.

However, many people have heard that Li Jun, the son of Wu'an Hou, was brave and courageous when he was young.

The fact that he was able to hold the position of captain at such a young age already proves this point.

For a man with such a promising future, why would he do something bad to the general? It is hard to understand!

"Yes, Xu Chong was the most filial, but he risked his life on the front line to deliver messages to the enemy, completely forgetting his mother. Li Jun should have defended his country, fought bravely and made many military achievements, but he chose to assassinate the general of his own camp on the battlefield. These strange actions are enough to show that the people behind them are not simple at all--" Mu Beiyan frowned and analyzed.

Shen Qingyin nodded in agreement: "There are only a handful of people who can make these two obey orders so well."

At this moment, she finally understood why Mu Beiyan had said before that they would not confess...

As the two were quietly analyzing the situation, there was movement at the door of the tent.

"It's Fang Yu'an who's back." Mu Beiyan quickly figured it out.

"I, Fang Yuan, would like to see the general!" It was indeed General Fang's voice.

"The general has fainted again. The military doctor is treating him. No one is allowed to see him." said the guard at the door.

"Please be lenient. The general has been very kind to me. I just want to go in and take a look. Just one look and I'll be out right away."

After Fang Yu'an's pleading, the guard seemed to be persuaded, "Then go in and take a look, just one look, and come out immediately."

Soon, Fang Yuan came into the tent and behaved in the same way as Xiaodao did before.

First he called out loudly, "General, wake up soon," and then whispered back, "General, I was waiting outside the camp and saw General Xu's confidant leave the camp. He pretended to be going to the town to buy something, but in fact he secretly met two men in black and handed them a letter."

Shen Qing was stunned when he heard this.

It was said earlier that General Fang was the rear guard, but I didn't expect that he was actually guarding outside the camp.

"Have you sent anyone to follow the man in black?" Mu Beiyan asked.

"Originally, we were planning to send soldiers, but it just so happened that Guard Tie and his men came with the lady today, so I discussed with Guard Tie and asked two of the General's Mansion's secret guards who had never been seen to go with us. This way, we don't have to send soldiers, and it's even less likely to alarm them."

"Good, well done!" Mu Beiyan praised.

Being praised by the general, the young general Fang Yu'an's face was full of excitement: "It's what I should have done."

"You go down for now. To avoid attracting attention, keep in touch with Xiaodao for everything in the next few days. Don't break in easily again." Mu Beiyan whispered again.

Xiaodao was both the left vanguard general and a close follower who had been with him since childhood.

In the entire military camp, only Xiaodao could enter and leave his tent freely without arousing suspicion.

After Fang Yu'an left, Mu Beiyan continued to discuss the next countermeasures with Shen Qingyin.

"Pretending to be seriously injured can hide the truth for a while, but it won't last long. What should we do next?" Shen Qingyin asked the most difficult question at the moment.

Mu Beiyan had already figured this out.

"There are only two possible outcomes for a serious injury. Either I slowly recover and I am miraculously alive, then they will definitely wait for an opportunity to attack me again. If I don't want to alarm them, I will have to pretend to be attacked again. Most likely, the situation will repeat what happened today."

"Or I will die... that will destabilize the army's morale. Even if we can prepare some countermeasures in advance, there is no guarantee that there will not be chaos. There is no room for error in front of the two armies. Any chaos is extremely dangerous. We cannot take such a risk!"

Shen Qingyin rested his elbows on the edge of the couch, lifted his chin, and looked at the serious expression of the man in front of him: "So what?"

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