"Conscience?" Taitish giggled. "Why didn't you think of conscience when you bullied me?"
Song Qingshu's face darkened. "Here we go again. We are lovers. Moreover, you are single. Why would I have any ill feelings towards you?"
Taitish pursed her lips. Clearly, she did not wish to dwell on this topic. "Now that Guo Jing is in the golden man's hands, how do you intend to save him?"
Song Qingshu pondered for a long time before replying in a deep voice. "Let's talk about it after his injuries have recovered a little..."
Just as he finished speaking, a commotion could be heard from outside. A guard ran in to report that he had an important matter to discuss. Taitish hurriedly put on her mask and cleared her throat. "What is it?"
"Reporting to the Marshal. Guo Jing's medicine was found to be highly toxic. General Fu San is currently investigating the suspect." The guard outside replied.
Song Qingshu and Taitish exchanged glances. They could see the shock in each other's eyes. They did not expect that someone would poison Guo Jing in such a short period of time! Previously, they had merely instructed Taitish to send her personal guard to keep an eye on Guo Jing. Who would have thought that this inadvertent action would actually save Guo Jing's life.
"Let's go take a look." Song Qingshu could not understand why someone would plot against someone of Guo Jing's character. Only Ouyang Feng would have such a deep grudge against him. But if it was Ouyang Feng, how could a mere personal guard see through it?
Hastily arriving at the drill grounds, Fu San Zhongyi was currently facing the twenty odd men in front of him. "Tell me one by one, what did you do earlier? Who can prove it! It would be best if you can find a suspect. If not, all of you shall die. This general does not wish for soldiers who disobey orders to exist by my side! "
Guo Jing, whom they had spent so much effort to capture, had almost been poisoned to death right under their noses. Servant San Zhongyi was extremely shocked and immediately began to investigate. Very quickly, he narrowed down the scope of the investigation to the twenty or so people. They were all people who could have passed through Guo Jing's medicine.
Hearing that he would kill all the suspects if he failed to find out who the culprit was, the twenty odd men trembled and cried out.
"General, we are being wrongly accused!"
"It wasn't me. I don't know anything."
...
"It's me!" Just as the group of people were panicking, a soldier suddenly stood up.
"What?" Fu San Zhongyi was stunned. He had never seen a murderer admit it so easily.
"I was the one who poisoned him!" The soldier repeated, his expression agitated and his eyes filled with hatred. "I used to be a guard in Xuzhou, and Guo Jing led his soldiers to plunder Xuzhou. My wife was raped by them!"
To one side, Song Qingshu secretly sighed. He believed that the incident in Xuzhou was not Guo Jing's mastermind. It was most likely that his subordinates had done it behind his back. Later on, when they discovered it, they released all the captured women. Even though he had not seen it with his own eyes, he could still roughly guess what had happened.
But now, the remaining soldiers under Guo Jing's command had all committed suicide when they saw him fall. Those who had tried to break out of the encirclement had basically all been wiped out. At most, there would be one or two fish that had escaped the net. Now that they had lost their leader, all their anger could only be directed at Guo Jing.
The more the soldier spoke, the more agitated he became. "Before I did this, I had already thought it through. Even if I had to risk my life, I had to kill this Dog Song. It's a pity that I didn't succeed."
Fu San Zhongyi clearly did not expect this. For a moment, he did not know what to say. If he blamed him, his actions were completely pardonable. If he did not settle the score, wouldn't that be encouraging everyone to attack Guo Jing?
As a high-ranking officer, he naturally knew how useful Guo Jing was if he was alive. But he could not clearly explain this to the soldiers at the bottom, and if he did not explain it, it would easily hurt their morale.
Just as he was in a dilemma, one of the soldiers watching outside shouted, "In these few days of chasing Guo Jing, how many of our brothers have died? In the end, we finally caught him. Not only did we not kill him, but we even provided him with good food and drinks, and gave him the best medicine to treat his wounds. What kind of logic is this?"
"That's right. Previously, when he charged into the camp, one of my brothers died in his hands. Did he die in vain?"
"Kill Guo Jing and avenge our dead brothers!"
...
With this opening, the rage that had been bottled up in everyone's hearts was thoroughly ignited. One after another, the soldiers became agitated.
Seeing the worst scenario unfold, Fu San Zhongyi instantly broke out in cold sweat. He knew that if they did not handle this situation well, the entire camp would fall into chaos. He hastily tried to calm everyone down.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Song Qingshu secretly transmitted his voice to Taj-tish, "With the current situation, we cannot allow Guo Jing to slowly recuperate. It is too dangerous to leave him here. When the time comes, we may not be able to protect him. Therefore, I will first rescue him. In the meantime, you will assume the identity of Tang Kuo Bian and stand guard here."
Hearing this, Taj-tish's brows furrowed deeply. But with things having come to this point, she could not persuade him otherwise. She could only vaguely nod her head.
Taking advantage of the fact that everyone's attention was on Fu San Zhongyi, Song Qingshu quietly retreated into the shadows. Then, he stripped off Tang Kuo Bian's personal guard uniform and changed into a set of clothes he had prepared beforehand. With his face covered, he took advantage of the chaos and snuck into Guo Jing's tent. Even though his current appearance had been altered, he had used this appearance when he was beside Taj-tish previously. Naturally, he could not be seen by others.
The tent was heavily guarded. But because of the 'camp explosion', many people were attracted to the tent to investigate the situation. Song Qingshu seized the opportunity to slip out and subdue the guards outside before rushing into the tent.
At this moment, there were only a few physicians in the tent. They were anxiously changing the bandages on Guo Jing's body. His injuries were too severe. There were many wounds on his body. Not long after they were bandaged, the bandages would be soaked with blood. Therefore, the physicians had to constantly change the bandages and bandage his wounds. Only now did the bleeding stop.
Seeing someone suddenly rush in, the physicians were startled. Song Qingshu could not be bothered to talk nonsense with them. He stretched out his hand and struck their acupoints with a flick of his finger. In order to avoid being suspected in the future, he deliberately did not use the Solitary Solar Finger this time. Instead, he imitated the Eastern Heretic Huang Yaoshi's Divine Flicking Finger.
After all, the person who wanted to rescue Guo Jing from this place must be someone with extraordinary martial arts. In the entire world, the person who had the ability to rescue Guo Jing was his father-in-law, the Lord of Peach Blossom Island, Huang Yaoshi.
After subduing the physicians, Song Qingshu quickly sealed some of Guo Jing's acupoints to prevent his wounds from reopening when he moved later. Then, he hastily put on Guo Jing's clothes and tied them to his back.
At this moment, the people nearby reacted. Several soldiers rushed in from the entrance and happened to see him. They hastily warned, "Assassin!"
With a wave of his hand, Song Qingshu tore open the tent behind him and rushed out from another direction. Then, he snatched a horse and galloped out of the camp.
Behind him, a group of cavalrymen caught up to him!
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