Total loss of force

"Are you sure this medicine won't hurt you?"

"Don't worry, uncle, she'll be fine. I just temporarily sealed her meridians, making her lose all her martial power."

"Then why hasn't she woken up yet?"

"It should be soon."

Bai Miaoke lost consciousness for some reason last night. When she regained consciousness, she heard this conversation. It sounded like Zhu Yu and her uncle.

She suddenly had a bad feeling.

Without opening her eyes, she secretly concentrated her Qi into her Dantian to try her luck, but she found that her Qi sea was empty and she couldn't help but frown.

Zhu Yu's voice came to my ears: "Cousin is awake!"

Bai Miaoke opened her eyes helplessly, and faced Zhu Yu's excited face. She gritted her teeth and said, "My dear cousin, what did you do to me?"

Zhu Yu stopped smiling and looked at Uncle Yu awkwardly.

Following his gaze, Bai Miaoke also looked at her uncle who had a worried look on his face.

"Xiao Ke, this medicine won't harm your body. Once things are resolved, I'll restore your martial arts. Don't blame your cousin. It's just me who doesn't want you to take risks." Uncle Yu soothed you slowly.

"Uncle, I must find out what happened back then! Give me the antidote now!" Bai Miaoke was a little angry and punched the pillow, but it was soft and powerless.

"I'm sorry, Xiaoke. This time, I can't watch my family leave again." Uncle Yu seemed to be talking to Bai Miaoke, but he seemed to be lost in memories, and his slightly turbid eyes were filled with tears.

Seeing this, Bai Miaoke slowly calmed down. Her uncle was doing this for her own good, but the antidote had to be obtained, so she would just think of other ways.

As if he had guessed her plan, Lord Xu directly sent people to lock the backyard. She could move freely in the backyard, but she could not leave even a step.

She was now a weak and delicate young lady, unable to run fast or jump high, and had no way of avoiding the layers of guards and sneaking out.

What made her most anxious was that, according to the date, Lu Yu should have arrived in Gusu.

She was worried that something went wrong with Lu Yu in Huzhou and he couldn't come here smoothly, and she was also worried that if he came to Gusu, he would need more people to help with the investigation.

Just as she expected, Lu Yu arrived in Gusu on the second day after Bai Miaoke was imprisoned.

Meet with Lord Xu in the front hall of Xu’s mansion.

"My Lord, I haven't seen you for many years. Are you in good health?" After a few days of running around, Lu Yu looked a little more experienced.

Elder Xu narrowed his eyes and looked at him: "I'm fine, but you, Zicheng, why do you look a little old?"

In the past, Lu Yu didn’t care about these appearance things, but now he was shocked and felt a little anxious for no reason.

"You are joking, sir." But his face remained calm.

"No one comes to see you for no reason. How come you, the Prime Minister, have the time to come all the way to see an old man like me?"

"I do have something to ask of you. I'm sure my wife has already told you the general idea a few days ago. Your Majesty suspects that the Master is behind this."

"Now the State of Yan has been dragged into this. When the time comes, there will be internal and external troubles, and the Great Qi will be in danger."

Lu Yu explained the pros and cons, and then looked at Lord Xu intently, wanting to hear his opinion.

Elder Xu took a sip of tea slowly and said, "When did you get married?"

Lu Yu's inner thoughts: Is this the time to discuss this?

But he still answered graciously: "We haven't had the wedding ceremony yet, but we have already fallen in love with each other."

It was rare for Lord Xu to see such a gentle expression on Lu Yu's calm face, and he continued to ask: "Then do you know her identity?"

Lu Yu subconsciously thought that it was Bai Miaoke's identity as a killer, so she calmly replied: "Of course I know, but she is a kind and gentle girl."

"Where is she? Why didn't she come to see me?" Lu Yu finally couldn't help asking Bai Miaoke. They had been separated for four or five days, and Lu Yu was a little impatient to see her.

Lord Yu stroked his beard and remembered the request of his good friend Lord Yu. He did not want his niece to be involved in it again.

He came up with an idea for his friend to seal the girl's martial arts and lock her up in the backyard. Naturally, he wanted to help her to the end, so Lu Yu had to keep it a secret.

So he just replied with two words: "I don't know."

Lu Yu frowned, feeling that something was a little strange, and continued to ask: "May I ask when did she come to see you, Lord?"

"Well, it was a few days ago. I'm too old to remember clearly." Lord Xu said vaguely.

Lu Yu's expressionless face turned even colder, and he asked clearly, "Lord, I told her that we should meet here. Why would she leave on her own?"

Hearing Lu Yu's tone turn cold and hard, Lord Xu, who had seen the world after all, said calmly, "She said she was going to look for someone. I don't know anything else."

This was somewhat possible. He knew Bai Miaoke's concerns about Chun Xing. Most importantly, Lord Xu had no reason to lie to him.

Lu Yu did not embarrass Elder Xu any more. He just bowed slightly, as if to apologize for his rudeness just now. His attitude was neither humble nor arrogant. He said in a deep voice: "Junior knows."

"As for your men, I will help you and bring them back later. Just say they are my men. It will be convenient for them to do things in Gusu." Lord Xu quickly brought the subject back to the main business.

"But don't blame me for not reminding you. There have been a lot of outsiders coming to Gusu recently. You must not show up casually."

Lu Yu said concisely: "Thank you, Your Excellency. I know my limits." But he was a little anxious in his heart and wished he could go out to find Bai Miaoke immediately.

Xu Ge Lao still discussed the main business with him: "Where do you plan to start the investigation?"

Lu Yu suppressed his confusion and told his plan: "We found letters from His Royal Highness Prince Kang that he contacted foreign countries, and Prince Kang had close exchanges with the Taifu's men. Your Majesty suspected that Prince Kang had teamed up with the Taifu to make deals with foreign countries. Now it seems to be true. I am here to search for evidence."

"If you want to rebel, you need troops, weapons, and food. If you start from these three points, you will definitely be able to find the flaws. If you break through one link, the war will stop and the people will be freed from suffering."

Lu Yu is worthy of the position of Prime Minister, which is why he is willing to help him. He is strategic and talented, and he cares about the people. Lord Xu nodded in agreement.

"Okay, just go ahead and do it, I will do my best to help you." He gave a guarantee at the same time.

Just as Lu Yu was about to say goodbye and leave, Lord Xu asked another question: "Is His Majesty okay?"

"Your Majesty is well." Lu Yu replied simply. Lord Xu had served as the emperor's tutor for a period of time when His Majesty was young, so it was normal for him to miss His Majesty.

Lord Xu had nothing to ask, so he just had the meal served and pulled Lu Yu aside to reminisce about the past.

Lu Yu's face, which always showed emotion, showed obvious anxiety, and he ate absent-mindedly during the meal.

Fortunately, in the afternoon, Lord Xu's men, including Rong Qing, Fugui and others who had been detained for a week, were brought back.

"Young Master!" Fugui ran over excitedly, grabbed Lu Yu and looked him up and down, left and right.

"You have lost weight, sir. You must have suffered a lot. It's all my fault. I failed to protect you." As he spoke, tears were about to fall.

Lu Yu patted his shoulder helplessly: "Don't cry, I'm still alive and well."

"Yes, yes, I knew that you must be a lucky man!" Fugui touched his face and grinned foolishly.

Lu Yu looked at all the people who had suffered in prison for a week. After not seeing them for more than a month, these Jinyiwei had become darker and thinner.

"I'm sorry for wronging you brothers. We still have a tough battle to fight next. Let's go back and have a good rest."

After settling everyone down, Lu Yu only left Fugui and Rong Qing.

"Sir, how have you been spending this time?" Fugui hesitated to speak.

"Where is Chun Xing?" Lu Yu was not in the mood to talk about these things now. He just wanted to ask about Chun Xing's whereabouts. Bai Miaoke was most likely going to look for her.

"Miss Chun Xing should be in a house on South Street. We rented it earlier and hoped to wait for you to come and stay there, but we didn't expect to be arrested first."

After Fugui finished speaking, Rong Qing took the initiative to go find Chun Xing and come back. Lu Yu looked at him deeply and said, "Then come with me."

"Sir, you are going out too?" Fugui was shocked.

"Ke'er is missing. I want to go find her." Lu Yu said as he walked out.

Fugui heard his master addressing Miss Bai in such an affectionate way and felt that he might have missed something, so he volunteered to go out with them.

Unfortunately, the master and his two servants only saw Chun Xing in that house.

"Lord Lu, where is my young lady?" Chun Xing also looked anxious.

"Hasn't she come to see you?" Lu Yu asked calmly.

Chun Xing shook her head and consoled herself: "Miss, you are so good at martial arts, nothing will happen to you, nothing will happen to you."

Fugui and Rong Qing looked at Lu Yu's gloomy face and followed suit.

On the way back, Lu Yu said nothing, his brows were furrowed, and no one knew what he was thinking.

In the next two days, Lu Yu arranged several people to look for news about Bai Miaoke, and the rest of the people began to investigate the whereabouts of the large amount of silver and money that flowed into Gusu from the Ministry of Works according to the plan.

Clues were gradually reported back regarding the Grand Tutor's purchase and sale of grain and fodder, but Lu Yu's expression became worse day by day, because he had searched the entire Gusu but could not find Bai Miaoke's whereabouts.

At this time, Bai Miaoke, whom he had been looking for, was grinding medicinal herbs with Zhu Yu in the backyard of Xu's house, bored.

"Cousin, I didn't expect you to have such a talent for studying medicine." Zhu Yu couldn't help but praise.

It is okay for General Yu to lock Bai Miaoke up in this yard, but she is not a prisoner but his niece, so he naturally doesn't want her to suffer.

Seeing that she was busy and trying to escape from prison, Zhu Yu offered to teach her medicine, thinking that she would not be bored if she was busy.

Bai Miaoke was not interested in curing diseases and saving lives at first, but she became interested after seeing Zhu Yu making some poisons and drugs.

He even took the initiative to get up early and study medicine late, and stayed in the yard quietly, as if he had given up on escaping from the yard.

Only occasionally did she ask about Lu Yu twice. Elder Yu, out of pity for his niece, told her what he knew: "I heard that Lord Lu has arrived and is investigating."

"Xiao Ke, what's going on between you and him? Is he really your husband?" Zhu Yu also came over to gossip.

"Uh, nothing much, just, hey, he's fine." Bai Miaoke didn't know how the topic had come to this.

Hearing the news that Lu Yu had arrived in Gusu, Bai Miaoke felt relieved. She thought that he was in Xu's house but she couldn't see him, and she didn't know if he was anxious.

Bai Miaoke has never been the type to accept things passively. She is really fed up with being locked up here. Even if it is for her own good, it is hard to accept.

But, we'll be able to get out soon.

Bai Miaoke lowered her eyes and fiddled with the herbs in her hand. She seemed to be shy, but in fact her big eyes were rolling around, and she soon came up with a plan.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is missing.