Gu Lingze and the other two stood up and walked out, leaving the rest to the others to explain to Jiao.
"Second brother, please go and ask who is on duty with Huo Jingwu these two days and bring them all here."
Gu Feirui turned and left, while Gu Lingze and Gu Xiuyi stayed where they were.
"Cheng Mo was unexpectedly appointed by the Emperor as the deputy commander. It's normal for Huo Jingwu to be upset since then." Gu Xiuyi thought for a moment and said.
What they need to do now is to narrow down a scope, and then investigate Huo Jingwu's whereabouts and the people he has contacted within this scope, and then check them one by one, and perhaps they will get closer to the truth.
After Gu Feirui brought the people over, they all shrank back when they saw Gu Lingze. It was simply because the scene of skin tearing during the day was too shocking.
Moreover, even though Commander Huo was so crazy, Gu Lingze threw him to the ground with one hand. It really made them give up when they saw a young man with such high martial arts skills.
The Jinwu Guards' statements were basically the same as Jiao's. Ever since Zhao Chengmo became the deputy commander, Huo Jingwu's temper had become worse and worse.
Huo Jingwu is not a bad person. He used to be nice to his subordinates. He has been a little irritable recently, but everyone can understand him.
Because even so, Huo Jingwu did not put any obstacles in the way of Zhao Chengmo in the camp, nor did he form any faction. At least it showed that he was a decent person and would not do these small things behind the scenes.
"In fact, the two adults had a fight yesterday."
Gu Lingze suddenly remembered Zhao Chengmo’s abnormal behavior yesterday and the smell of medicine in the room.
"At first we all thought they were just sparring because Lord Zhao held back at first, but Lord Huo got more and more aggressive and kept on fighting until Lord Zhao was injured."
After the clerk said this, a hint of embarrassment appeared on his face.
"In fact, we all felt that Lord Huo had done something wrong..." The assistant officer paused, "but Lord Zhao didn't say anything, so it's not easy for us, his subordinates, to comment."
Gu Lingze and the others nodded. "Then has Lord Huo done anything unusual during his duties these days?"
The clerk thought about it and suddenly remembered something.
The Jinwu Guards patrol every day, including at night, but the higher the official rank, the fewer patrols they are responsible for. For example, Zhao Chengmo and Huo Jingwu only have to follow the patrol once every five days. It was Huo Jingwu's turn three nights ago.
But the people who came back the next day all looked unwell, and one of them even fell ill and is still recuperating at home today.
Upon hearing this, Gu Lingze immediately asked, "Where does this sick Jinwu Guard live?"
Gu Xiuyi stayed and continued to ask the other Jinwu Guards who were on patrol that day. Gu Lingze and Gu Feirui set out to Yuanhe Lane in the west of the city to look for someone.
When we arrived, the yard was pitch dark and everyone was obviously asleep.
The two men dismounted, Gu Feirui raised his hand and knocked on the door, and after a while a woman's voice came from inside.
"Who is it?"
"Open the door, we are from the Jinwu Guard."
The door opened from the inside, and a woman looked the two of them over before letting them in.
"My husband has had a fever for the past two days and can't get out of bed."
When they entered the room, the Jinwu Guard named He Jixing was lying on the bed, his face flushed red and he was mumbling incessantly.
Gu Lingze pointed at the cloth wrapped around his wrist and asked, "What's going on with his wrist?"
"I heard him say that he got hurt accidentally while on duty the day before yesterday."
Gu Lingze narrowed his eyes and directly tore off the strip of cloth. Before the woman could stop him, she gasped.
I saw that He Jixing's wrist was swollen and there were five black marks on it.
"Bring me a glass of water."
The woman was frightened by the wound and panicked, so she subconsciously did what the other person said.
After Gu Lingze took the bowl, he took out a piece of talisman paper, shook his wrist, and the talisman paper began to burn. Then he quickly threw the talisman paper into the bowl and handed it to the woman.
"Feed it to your husband."
Gu Feirui stepped forward to help her lift him up, pinched He Jixing's jaw open, and raised his chin, "Feed him."
After the woman carefully fed him, Gu Lingze cut He Jixing's middle finger to save time. Then he covered the two fingers with spiritual energy and stroked the black energy down the other's wrist inch by inch. The blood dripping from He Jixing's middle finger was all black.
The woman didn't dare to breathe and could only wait anxiously by the bed.
After about a cup of tea, He Jixing opened his eyes.
"You are..." He Jixing turned around and saw Gu Feirui, "General Gu?" After saying that, he quickly got out of bed.
Gu Feirui waved his hand and said, "Just lie down on the bed. We just came to ask you something."
"What happened three days ago when you and the deputy commander were on patrol that night?"
He Jixing's eyes suddenly widened and his body began to shake uncontrollably.
"That night..."
He Jixing followed the patrol team. Tonight was relatively peaceful. After touring the south of the city, they could go back and rest.
Suddenly a cold wind blew past and he shuddered. He heard two "bang bang" sounds in his ears, as if something heavy had fallen to the ground.
Obviously, other people also heard it. Huo Jingwu turned around and looked in the direction where the sound came from. It was a house.
It is said that this house was where the Minister of War of the previous emperor lived, but no one knows what happened and it was abandoned twenty years ago. No one has lived in it for all these years and people say that there is something spooky inside.
"You two, go in and take a look." Huo Jingwu casually pointed at two people, one of whom was He Jixing.
They dared not disobey the deputy commander's order and could only push the door. Unexpectedly, it opened immediately.
The two of them bravely went in and took a walk around, but found nothing. When they were walking out, He Jixing felt something was wrong.
He always felt like something was following him. It was an indescribable strange feeling, but he always felt like someone was staring at him, making the back of his neck feel cold.
He wanted to look back several times, but he didn't dare, so he kept holding it in, thinking that he would be fine after getting out soon.
Suddenly, someone grabbed his wrist from behind. He turned back subconsciously and was startled -
There was a dark shadow following them, only an arm's length away.
He Jixing shouted, grabbed the people around him and ran towards the door frantically.
When they reached the door, they were out of breath. Huo Jingwu came over and kicked each of them, "What are you yelling about in the middle of the night?"
He Jixing pointed inside the door with his backhand and said, "Sir, sir, there is someone inside!" He didn't know whether to say there was a person or a ghost, anyway, he was almost scared to death.
"What nonsense." Huo Jingwu strode in and came out after a while.
"Where is the person?"
He Jixing was about to speak when Huo Jingwu glanced at him from the side. There was something indescribably strange in his eyes. He shuddered all over and subconsciously shut his mouth.
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