allonlinenovel Chapter 230 Not These People
Chapter 230 Not These People
Lu Xinran's voice made the faces of several people in the room change slightly.
The queen stood up and walked in front of Qi Yu, her phoenix eyes slightly raised, with a sense of majesty without even being angry.
"How is your health?"
Qi Yu sighed, knowing that he could no longer conceal it, and then he said, "It is a bit serious. It hurts the heart and lungs. Maybe... I won't be able to use my skills anymore."
With their status, they can no longer use their skills and are no different from useless people.
These days he ordered his soldiers to stay put and not go out, just because he didn't want anyone to notice anything unusual about him.
The traitor who deployed the troops, designed to transfer him out of the city, and ambushed him, causing him serious injuries, has not been found yet.
How could he dare let anyone know that he was actually useless?
There was a barely perceptible gloom in the queen's eyes. Their Zhang family was really about to come to an end.
"Just rest and recover, I'll take care of everything afterwards."
Qi Yu smiled bitterly. What would happen if he didn't recuperate? He could still hold on as a paper tiger before, but now he didn't need to be a paper tiger anymore.
Lu Xinran listened to their conversation, feeling full of regret.
She could feel the queen's loneliness at that moment. Although she did not show it, how could everyone not feel her deep sadness when they were in the same room with her?
As if she also noticed that the atmosphere in the room was a little depressed, the queen put away her sadness and looked at the map again.
"Find a reliable deputy general. I need to understand the situation first."
Hearing her say this, Lu Xinran hurriedly stepped forward carefully and said, "Aunt, should we ask General Qi to summon all the deputy generals? This way, you can understand the situation while discussing the details with them."
The Queen glanced over, then immediately nodded when she thought of her system.
"You're right. Time is running out. Why not call them all in and question them all?"
Qi Yu listened to the conversation and figured out the key points in just a moment. He waved his hand and signaled his men to invite all the deputy generals in the city.
After pushing Qi Yu out, Lu Xinran and her sister retreated to an inner room nearby.
"Tongzi, you have to help me in a moment. You have to help me turn the pamphlets of these people coming in. Let's find the traitor in question as soon as possible."
The system nodded vigorously. "Don't worry, I will help you find the person as quickly as possible."
Outside, the queen listened to the conversation between the two men, and she felt more at ease.
As long as we can find this traitor, we will be able to find a chance to turn defeat into victory by using some means.
Perhaps they can put down the war here before the emperor sends someone to replace them.
As various thoughts flashed through her mind, the deputy generals who had been summoned had all arrived outside the study. The soldier came in to pass on the message, and the queen waved her hand: "Let everyone come in."
As soon as these deputy generals approached, Lu Xinran immediately followed the system to flip through the booklets of these people.
There was originally one main general and four deputy generals in Hanyu Pass, and there were six deputy generals who followed Qi Yu from Yucheng Pass.
So there were a total of ten deputy generals summoned at this time. Except for Xie Lang, the commander of Hanyu Pass who was still dealing with the aftermath, all the others went to the study.
Lu Xinran was almost flipping through the booklet so hard that smoke came out. She was already an expert at reading melons, so she started searching for keywords directly.
I just flipped through a few books and didn't find anything unusual.
The system also did not notice anything unusual. Each of them quickly flipped through the ten booklets within a quarter of an hour, and was unable to discover who the traitor was.
"Hey, Tongzi, are these pamphlets of yours really accurate?"
"How can you doubt my ability? You've been eating melons for so long, can't you tell the truth from the false?"
The system was screaming its grievance at the loudest volume, and Lu Xinran rubbed his brows.
She didn't mean to wrongly accuse it, she just felt... something was wrong, there was still one person who hadn't come!
She quickly sat up straight, asked the system to check it again, and began to try to find a way to ask the Queen or Qi Yu to call the person who did not come.
Outside, several deputy generals looked at each other in panic.
What did they just hear?
Why does it feel like someone is talking in their ears?
The Queen and Qi Yu looked at each other, and both saw shock in each other's eyes.
Xie Lang, the commander of Hanyu Pass, was promoted by Zhang Yongping, so it is not an exaggeration to say that he is half-son.
He and Qi Yu were both orphans on the battlefield. They grew up in the Zhang family and learned martial arts with the Zhang family and fought in battle together.
When the Zhang family moved out of Yucheng, they specifically submitted a memorial to the emperor, requesting that the two of them be allowed to garrison Yucheng Pass and Hanyu Pass.
Over the years, the two of them have been helping each other, and Qi Yu never thought that the person who would betray him would be Xie Lang.
The queen remained calm and waved her hand to signal someone to go to the top of the city wall and call Xie Lang over.
She didn't want to assume the worst case scenario and just hoped that Lu Xinran's speculation was wrong.
The soldiers ran out for nearly half an hour, and when they came back they still couldn't bring back the person they wanted to see.
"Zhang, General Zhang, General Xie is inspecting the wounded camp. He said he won't come until he's done with his work."
The queen nodded, knowing that Xie Lang was deliberately avoiding her, so she did not force him. She just raised her hand, pointed at the map and asked the deputy generals below.
"Tell me about the current situation at Yucheng Pass and Hanyu Pass."
Lu Xinran was still flipping through the booklets one by one. This time she read through all of them by herself.
Although I saw some dirty things, I didn't find any signs of anyone collaborating with the enemy.
The more she read, the more confused she became. Could it be that the people who could have designed to harm Qi Yu were not deputy generals?
"Sister, we can't help much here, how about going out for a walk?"
If Xie Lang doesn't come, then they will go find him.
Anyway, the system can load the booklet. At worst, I can just look at the person from a distance, load the booklet and then come back to look at it.
Lu Xinlan knew what she was thinking and nodded slightly: "Wait for me here."
The queen was listening to the conversation between the two sisters with a divided mind. When she saw Lu Xinlan lift the door curtain, she nodded slightly without waiting for her to speak.
"Go ahead, I'll have someone follow you, remember to be safe."
This place is different from the capital. There are not so many people protecting Lu Xinran. If something unexpected happens, she is afraid that she will not be able to rescue her in time.
Song Junyan took the initiative to step forward: "Mother, I will accompany them to walk around the city."
He was accompanied by the secret guards that every prince had, as well as the guards given to him by the emperor for this trip.
With him around, the Lu sisters will be safer.
The queen nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, then I'll leave them to you. Remember, Xinran is your fiancée, so you must protect her well when you bring her out."
Song Junyan nodded seriously. When he was in the capital, he had transferred half of his secret guards to Lu Xinran's side.
He always knew what he was doing and what he should do.