Chapter 24 Looking for Trouble

When I woke up in the morning, the guards came to report that someone died last night. The body of the Ganzhou Tongpan was hung on the city wall, and there was another confession.

Xie Tingzhou hadn't gotten up yet, propping his head up to listen to the report, "I remember that except Hu Xingwang, everyone else was detained."

Xifeng said: "Yes, Hu Xingwang was not detained for the time being because the garrison needed to be handed over, but this matter involved a wide range of people, and the Tongpan, who was not involved in confidential matters, was detained in the prison of the prefectural government."

Xie Tingzhou's expression was uncertain, "This man has good kung fu. Although the management of the prefectural prison is lax, it is not easy to transport a living person out."

Chang Heng, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but interrupt, "How did your highness know that it was If they were to be transported alive, wouldn't it be easier to take him away after he died? It would be much easier to transport him out after he died."

Xie Tingzhou glanced at him, "Since he had a confession, how could he have been tortured in the prison?"

Chang Heng showed a look of sudden enlightenment, "But since he had a confession, it was not his accomplices who came to silence him."

"Keep an eye on Liang Jianfang, this man is very important, nothing can happen to him, as long as he is left, there will be many people in Shengjing who can't sleep at night."

Xie Tingzhou stood up, took the cloak handed over by Xifeng, and his eyes fell on the outer robe with missing sleeves on the hanger.

He paused for a moment, tilted his head and asked, "Where is Shiyu?"

"Shiyu?" Xifeng was stunned for a moment before he realized who Shiyu was.

If he was not a very important person, Xifeng would not pay attention to him, and only asked the secret guards to keep an eye on him, and now he quickly asked someone to ask.

After a while, the secret guard came to report: "He is still in General Shen's spirit tent."

"Hasn't left?"

"No," the secret guard said, "Except for yesterday when he lost me in the city, he came back in two hours. Other times, he didn't leave the spirit tent except to go to the toilet."

Xie Tingzhou was thoughtful, and Chang Heng asked, "Your Highness, do you suspect him?"

Xie Tingzhou said nothing, put on his cloak and walked out of the tent, heading straight for the spirit tent.

The guards in front of the tent saw him coming and prepared to salute from a distance.

Xie Tingzhou waved his hand to stop him, walked to the spirit tent and paused for a moment, then lifted the curtain and went in.

Shen Yu knelt in front of the coffin, and turned back when she heard the footsteps, "Your Highness."

In order to keep warm, there was no fire basin in the tent, and the cold air was pressing, a few degrees colder than outside.

Xie Tingzhou took a stick of incense from Xifeng, bowed to the coffin, and then looked at Shen Yu.

"Since you are keeping vigil for General Shen, you should also burn some incense."

Shen Yu looked up. She was not a big shot, so naturally it was not Xie Tingzhou's guards' turn to serve her.

Kneeling for too long, she couldn't bleed. She supported herself on the ground and moved her legs with some effort. Her face suddenly showed a little pain.

After offering incense, she knelt down again.

Xie Tingzhou lowered his eyes and stared at her for a while, and stopped at the door before leaving, "Chang Heng cherishes talent, and he wants to recruit you because of your good kung fu. The doctor spent a lot of effort to save you. Don't waste his kindness."

Shen Yu didn't look up, staring at his boots, "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness."

Watching Xie Tingzhou leave the tent, Shen Yu sat down on the ground.

For some reason, Xie Tingzhou always gave her a sense of oppression. When those cold eyes locked on a person, she always felt that she could easily see through the person.

Xi Feng followed Xie Tingzhou out and spoke after walking far away.

"Your Highness, it seems that this man is not suspicious."

The so-called burning incense is just to see Shi Yu's reaction. All her actions are reasonable. She was inconvenient to move after kneeling for too long, and the expression on her face when she stretched.

Xie Tingzhou curled his lips and smiled lightly, "Didn't you notice his shoes?"

"Shoes?" Xi Feng really didn't notice.

Xie Tingzhou kept walking, "There are some things that don't belong to the camp on his feet."

Xi Feng wanted to go back and take a closer look at what things that don't belong to the camp look like.

The next day, the guards reported that Lu's people returned the food and grass that Shen Zhao borrowed from Ganzhou yesterday and had already returned home.

Originally, she mentioned that she wanted to meet the prince of Beilin, but now she left quietly.

The body cannot be kept for a long time. After Shen Yu guarded in front of the spirit for a few days, Xie Tingzhou arranged a team of people to carry the spirit to the capital.

Being buried at the border was Shen Zhongan's last wish, but she couldn't stop it now.

The army counted the deserters a few days ago and found that there were about 10,000 deserters. Shen Zhongan's body must be transported back to Shengjing, because the body must be seen after death, otherwise it will be questioned and criticized.

Soldiers who sacrificed at the border cannot bear the stigma of deserters.

The sun rose high, and it was time to collect meals at noon.

Chang Heng did not arrange for Shen Yu to stay or go, so she returned to the wounded camp and was responsible for collecting meals for the wounded camp with several soldiers.

The army was hard and it was rare to have a meal of meat. Today's meal was said to be paid by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to reward the soldiers in the army.

Shen Yu and You Dazui went neither too early nor too late, and many camps were already queuing to collect meals.

Just as they were about to be in line, several strong soldiers came over, bumped her shoulders heavily, and then squeezed them back with peace of mind.

Just as Shen Yu was about to speak, a soldier grabbed her arm to stop her and whispered, "These guys are from General Chang's camp."

Shen Yu looked up and saw the man in front of her turn his head and gave her a look of contempt.

"What are you looking at?" The man looked Shen Yu up and down.

There are all kinds of people joining the army, and there are many ruffians in the barracks. Shen Yu has seen a lot of them, so she ignored him.

The man simply turned around, crossed his arms and asked, "What am I asking you to look at? Are you deaf?"

The man's friend looked at Shen Yu and said, "He's from the wounded camp. He must have been deafened in the battle."

Everyone laughed.

The man sneered and uttered a few words.

Shen Yu raised her head and said calmly, "Say it again."

The man raised his head and said arrogantly, "Boy, don't show off. If you lose, just keep your tail between your legs."

"Say it again." Shen Yu said word by word.

The man laughed, "I said that all of you Shen's army are trash. We have to come all the way from Beilin to rescue you. If you are not trash, then you are--"

Before he finished speaking, the man covered his nose and took two steps back.

Nosebleed had already flowed from his fingers.

Shen Yu retracted his fist and said calmly, "Watch your mouth."

The man spat a mouthful of blood foam on the ground, "You dare to hit me."

As he said that, he directly pulled out the knife from his waist, and the scene became chaotic in an instant.