But what happened at Changmitai yesterday created an opportunity for Xiao Nanhui.
Judging from Ding Weixiang's judgment, he must have noticed the relationship between the purple-clothed assassin and the Bai family, which is why the guards in the emperor's palace were particularly strict last night.
Since the robbery of the secret seal at the ceremony was related to the Bai family, the villa where Bai Yun was staying would certainly have to strengthen its defenses to prevent Yan Zi or his accomplices from contacting them during the chaos.
She didn't really know what she could do even if she found the villa and Bai Yun. It was just that as Xiao Zhun grew further and further away from her, she had always had an inexplicable premonition in her heart, and the fact that Xiao Zhun hadn't returned home the previous night seemed to compel her to confirm this suspicion.
To her, the person living in that villa was not a person, but a cruel but intriguing mystery.
After riding for half an hour, she tied Jixiang in an inconspicuous place outside the Black Feather Camp and walked to the entrance of the camp.
The Black Feather Battalion had few visible guards, but many covert outposts. She didn't want to wade through mud, crawl over caltrops, or get shot dead by an arrow halfway up a wall.
But "No venture, no gain"? Just as Xiao Nanhui was worrying about the guards outside the camp, she suddenly remembered the thing on her wrist.
When she was in Bijiang, the emperor once gave her a jade bracelet. The bracelet looked fragile, but it could not be taken off no matter what. She had forgotten about it for a long time, but now that she suddenly remembered it, she realized that it had inadvertently helped her a lot.
After calming herself down, she swaggered out of her hiding place and headed straight for the guard at the entrance.
Even though they saw that she was wearing the armor of the Guangyao Camp, the Black Feather Guards quickly stopped her as usual.
"Who is coming?"
"Guang wants the right general of the camp, Xiao Nanhui, to return."
Then Xiao Nanhui coughed lightly and showed the ring on his wrist with some uncertainty.
The black-feathered guard took a look, his eyes revealing obvious surprise under his armor. He hesitated for a moment and did not let him go immediately, but his tone became much more polite.
"The emperor hasn't left the palace yet, so why is the Right General here?"
Xiao Nanhui instantly became nervous.
When the emperor gave her this item, he'd said it allowed her to enter and exit the emperor's presence, not anywhere else. She'd previously taken it for granted that she could freely enter and exit the emperor's presence, and that the Black Feather Battalion couldn't possibly stop her. But in the end, she'd underestimated Lu Songping's impenetrable power.
His fingers clenched unconsciously, and Xiao Nanhui tried hard to recall how Wu Xiaoliu lied without changing his expression.
"Well...something went wrong at yesterday's ceremony. The assassin and his accomplices are still missing. I've fought the thugs before, and I've come here specifically to discuss countermeasures with Lieutenant Lu. Anything more..." She paused, feigning seriousness, "I'm sorry, I can't tell you."
The air was briefly quiet for a moment, and the black-feathered guards on both sides finally put away their weapons and retreated.
"I will report the Right General's visit to the Lieutenant truthfully. Please don't blame me, General."
Xiao Nanhui suppressed his inner ecstasy, nodded calmly, and walked into the camp with steady steps. After walking a few dozen steps, he looked back and found that no one was chasing him. Only then did he feel relieved and quickly walked towards the tent of the lieutenant guarding the camp.
Wu Xiaoliu once said: "A lie should be told with a mixture of truth and lies." She used to scoff at it, but now she decided to treat it as a classic and review it every once in a while.
To a certain extent, she was not lying, she did come to find Lu Songping.
But of course I didn't come to discuss any countermeasures with him.
If there is a problem that Lu Songping and Ding Weixiang can't handle, how much can she solve by intervening?
Each of the four major Tiancheng military camps had its own methods of deploying troops, but she had previously experienced the Lingxi Camp, so she was not completely unfamiliar with the Black Feather Camp. Furthermore, there were not many lieutenants of the same rank accompanying the emperor to Jiaosong, so she didn't have to spend much effort to find Lu Songping's tent.
The sun had just risen and the tent was still a little dark. Xiao Nanhui carefully confirmed the situation before cautiously entering.
The inside of the tent was so neat that it was a little eerie. There was no sign that anyone lived there permanently. Only the large table in the middle, which was padded with animal skins, was a little messy.
Unfortunately, she didn't have much experience dealing with Lu Songping, so she could only resign herself to starting with the most promising case. From a piece of paper ash the size of a fingernail to a sand table so large it took two people to lift it, how long would she have to keep flipping through it before she found the answer she wanted?
Xiao Nanhui took a deep breath and made a simple early warning device using the jade hook that fixed the felt curtain at the entrance. Then he rolled up his sleeves and prepared to do some "sneaky" things.
There are so many things on the desk, and they are in disarray. I have to carefully write down the order in which I looked at them. Every time I look at something, I have to remember to put it back in its place. It is a great torture to my mind.
As she flipped through the pages, she suddenly felt a little aggrieved.
Why did she always put herself in the position of "stealing chickens and dogs"? First, she went to the Zou Mansion at night and was fooled by the master and servant. Then, she went to the Kangwang Palace at night and was chased and hacked by Lu Songping with a sword.
This is not what a rewarded general should do!
Xiao Nanhui thought indignantly, her hands moving non-stop. As the saying goes, the first time is new, the second time is familiar. Slowly, she felt like she had mastered the rhythm. Just as she was getting into the flow and enjoying the book, a voice suddenly rang out from behind her.
"Why are you here?"
Xiao Nanhui's whole body stiffened. Without turning his head, he knew that the person coming was Lu Songping.
She hadn't seen him for a long time since the battle at Bijiang. He didn't seem to be on the altar when she accepted the sword yesterday. He was probably on the sidelines, coordinating with Ding Weixiang.
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