Gu Xin had almost finished eating. She put down her chopsticks, wiped her mouth, and asked, "General Mu, I have two questions about your account. First, you said that after the Grand Prince Consort was attacked and fled home, he fainted without saying where he was. You went to look for him, and one of you searched for him by the river. What happened to that person?"
General Mu was taken aback, then said with a serious and somewhat sad expression, "He is dead."
Gu Xin raised an eyebrow and asked again, "How did you die? While fighting pirates? Did you get sick? Did you die suddenly? Or was it an accident?"
General Mu: "He was sick. He was my best brother. We were from the same place and grew up together. A few years ago, he contracted an incurable disease, and there was no cure. The old general was kind and sent him a lot of precious medicines to keep him alive, but in the end, he couldn't be saved."
Lord Jiang exclaimed in surprise, "General Mu, is the old general really that kind? Not only does he care about his subordinates at the bottom, but he also gives them precious medicinal herbs?"
After Lord Jiang finished speaking, his eyes looked a little strange.
When he spoke, it was an unconscious reaction from his mind that he felt he shouldn't have. A few years ago, General Mu could only be a bodyguard to a young general. Of course, he knew General Mu's promotion record; it was due to his meritorious service in fighting pirates.
He was General Mu's brother at the time, which means that the deceased junior guard captain could not have held a higher position than General Mu at that time.
There are countless soldiers in that position among the 100,000 troops of Nanlin.
The old general held the highest position in the general's mansion, so it might not be surprising that he knew about this matter, but it's impossible that he would take it so seriously and give away so many precious medicinal herbs.
It's not that the old general is reluctant or shouldn't be, but everyone is like this. Does the old general have that many things to take out?
Therefore, Lord Jiang must be very surprised.
After the initial surprise, upon deeper reflection, I realized something was amiss.
This isn't like giving precious medicinal herbs to prolong someone's life; it's like giving medicine to kill someone directly!
If we think about it the worst, maybe this incurable disease was caused by people in higher positions!
The more Lord Jiang thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was not simple. Combined with what General Mu had just said, Lord Jiang felt that the royal family of Nanlin had been raising a fierce tiger all these years!
Gu Xin then asked, "The second question is, as the Grand Prince Consort's accompanying guards, I believe you were on high alert when you accompanied him into the capital. He didn't leave through the main gate but instead climbed over the wall. Did you really not hear a thing? Then you, as the head guard at the time, were somewhat derelict in your duties."
General Mu pursed his lips tightly. He had thought the same thing about this issue before and felt that he had failed in his duty.
To be honest, his martial arts skills are no better than the young general's, but they are definitely no worse.
At the time, he lived not far from where the young general lived, and he couldn't understand why he hadn't heard a thing.
He initially suspected that it was because he had become complacent after arriving in the capital and settled into a peaceful life that he hadn't noticed anything that night.
It was only after that that his vigilance increased.
But now that Gu Xin had asked him about this, he couldn't help but think of something else: the sandalwood incense in his room that night didn't smell the same as before. He had asked the maid about it, and she said it was a mosquito-repellent incense.
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