Su Hu immediately realized that this was Zhou Ji's scheme. He must want to further solidify Su Jin's crime of harming Mai Zizi, so changing the carrier pigeon was the simplest thing to do.
Su Hu quietly caught up with the carrier pigeon, intercepted it, and prepared to take it back for further research.
Unexpectedly, the Phoenix Pavilion disciples had already noticed that someone was observing them. After releasing a carrier pigeon, they pretended to leave, but in reality, they secretly followed behind.
It wasn't until Su Hu intercepted the carrier pigeon that the Phoenix Pavilion disciples jumped out and surrounded him.
The two sides clashed fiercely. Su Hu, outnumbered and outmatched, barely managed to break through the encirclement, but he did not take the carrier pigeon with him.
Su Hu felt ashamed and apologized to Su Jinxia, saying, "I'm sorry, I didn't get any evidence that Zhou Ji harmed you."
Su Jin remained relatively calm, "It's alright, as long as you're safe."
"Whether we get the carrier pigeon or not is not important. Zhou Ji has definitely handled things cleanly. Even if we get it back, we won't be able to find anything."
"Besides, I'm not afraid of Zhou Ji framing me. The more he does, the more flaws he'll reveal. We just need to force him to take action and make him expose himself."
Su Jinxia directly confronted Zhou Ji, but with Shen Qianxue blocking her way, it was too difficult.
However, once Shen Qianxue discovers Zhou Ji's conspiracy, Zhou Ji will be finished.
At the same time, Shen Qianxue also met the Phoenix Pavilion disciple in charge of the investigation.
The disciple reported briefly: "We found the carrier pigeon that Sanqi is using to contact the person behind him. The pigeon is flying in a southeast direction. Su Hu, a disciple of the Liuli Society, even tried to destroy the pigeon, but unfortunately we were unable to capture him!"
In just a few words, it was concluded that the person who contacted the Three Wonders and lured Mai Zizi out of the mansion was Su Jinxia.
The disciple also presented a carrier pigeon, saying, "We've already checked the pigeon; it's just a regular carrier pigeon, there's no problem."
Shen Qianxue reached out and placed the carrier pigeon in his hand.
Shen Qianxue's gaze fell on the carrier pigeon's wing, where it was injured and unable to fly.
"You're saying the person who hijacked the carrier pigeons was Su Hu?"
“Yes! I recognize him!” the disciple replied.
Shen Qianxue's gaze was deep and thoughtful, not filled with anger.
Suddenly, a disciple ran in and reported, "Commander, Shen Xi has returned."
"Let him in."
"Hmm..." The disciple hesitated for a moment before slowly speaking, "It seems he went to Miss Zizi's room."
Shen Qianxue...
"You may all leave now."
Suddenly, another disciple ran in, "Commander, Your Highness, please."
"knew."
Shen Qianxue put the carrier pigeon into a cage and placed it in her room before heading to the council hall.
Inside the hall, all the soldiers were present.
Zhou Ji sat in the main seat, wearing a thick cloak.
Summer was approaching, but Zhou Ji was dressed in thick clothes, his face was very pale, his lips were chapped and peeling, and he looked very haggard.
Shen Qianxue sat down, not wanting to say anything, but couldn't help but ask with concern, "Your Highness should rest more. You can stay in Yuchuan from now on and don't need to accompany the army."
Zhou Ji gave a weak smile. "It's alright. If I'm not here, and if I can reassure the troops, my illness is just like this. It will get better when the weather gets warmer."
If Zhou Ji doesn't join the army, his influence will be limited, which Zhou Ji naturally wouldn't want.
Shen Qianxue then said nothing more.
Zhou Ji asked him, "I heard that the people who went to the Mai residence to investigate the case have returned. How did it go? Did they find anything?"
Shen Qianxue remained silent for a moment before saying, "It seems that Su Jinxia was behind this."
These words essentially condemned Su Jin, and Zhou Ji breathed a sigh of relief.
This time, Shen Qianxue did not speak up for Su Jin.
The soldiers exchanged glances, feeling much more relieved.
Zhou Ji's eyes revealed disgust. "It's outrageous. How can you use a little girl to set up a trap when two armies are at war? This Su Jinxia is not only ruthless, but she will stop at nothing. I even thought about having her with you before."
Shen Qianxue lowered her eyes and remained silent.
Seeing Shen Qianxue like this, Zhou Ji felt a little uneasy. She was even more terrifying when she was silent than when she was coldly criticizing everyone.
"Forget about that. Let's see how we proceed. Should we continue attacking the imperial court, or go after Su Jin?"
All the soldiers turned their gazes to Shen Qianxue without prior agreement, as if it didn't matter whether they spoke or not, since they would ultimately listen to Shen Qianxue anyway.
Shen Qianxue won a brilliant victory in the Battle of Yuchuan, and everyone was convinced of his military leadership and combat abilities, so they no longer needed to rack their brains to make any further plans.
Shen Qianxue sensed the reliance on everyone and felt a little strange, but she didn't think much of it.
He said, "The Zhuang army is at its zenith, and its morale is high, making it difficult to defeat. On the contrary, the imperial court's morale is low after the Battle of Yuchuan, so we should press our advantage and pursue them."
Zhou Ji sighed inwardly. At this rate, when would he ever be able to catch Su Jin?
He was truly fed up with being tormented by illness every day!
If Su Jinxia could revive Mai Zizi with her blood, then she could definitely cure his illness. He really wanted her and wished he could grab Su Jinxia right now, eat her flesh and drink her blood to relieve his pain.
However, Zhou Ji still retained his rationality and only dared to think this in his heart, not daring to show it on his face.
"Qianxue is right. Then let's continue attacking the imperial court as soon as possible. The people are suffering terribly under the ravages of war. We must do our utmost to end the war quickly!"
Zhou Ji spoke with righteous indignation.
The generals flattered them, and their morale soared.
Next, everyone discussed the battle plan in detail.
It's basically Shen Qianxue speaking, and the generals recording...
After the meeting, Shen Qianxue returned to her room and said, "Call Shen Xi over."
"yes."
The guard obeyed the order and went to search for Shen Xi. After a short while, the guard returned alone and mumbled, "I couldn't find him."
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