She seemed to have guessed what Xie Shiyan had said to Wen Sheng, but still asked, "And then?"
"Then he asked me curiously what the plague was, how it came about, where it came from, and what harm it caused to the people, and so on."
"You told me everything?"
“Jiang Li, you know I’m not good at lying, so I told you everything. Wen Sheng was very puzzled after hearing this. He asked why we acted as if nothing had happened after we cured the plague and didn’t pursue the wrongdoers.”
"The wicked are dead, and the grass on their graves is already two meters high."
Neither Yue Qiao'e, who brought the plague, nor Gu Xun, who intended to incite war, had the ability to cause trouble anymore.
"Jiang Li, he's talking about the culprit."
Gu Jiangli was taken aback.
I looked once again at Wen Sheng, who was practicing his shooting diligently.
At that moment, she saw Xie Shiyan's shadow in Wen Sheng's actions.
Not the Xie Shiyan of today, but the Xie Shiyan we first met, full of fierceness and the majesty of a great general.
"Is the culprit...Nan Lin?"
"Hmm." Xie Shiyan replied softly, "Wen Sheng said that the king of Nanlin clearly harbors ill intentions towards our Northern Qi. Northern Qi should do everything in its power to eliminate this unknown threat, otherwise, Nanlin will surely harbor rebellious intentions again in the future."
Gu Jiangli lowered his head and laughed.
This smile carried a sense of helplessness, yet also a hint of relief and pride.
"Wen Sheng is so young, yet he already knows all this. I imagine you'll take him with you to the battlefield someday, right?"
Gu Jiangli was well aware of this hidden danger in Nanlin.
She just didn't expect that the task of solving this hidden danger would ultimately fall to Wen Sheng.
Upon hearing her words, Xie Shiyan neither denied them nor directly answered Gu Jiangli's question. Instead, he indirectly revealed his thoughts:
"Just as Wen An was born to be a doctor, Wen Sheng was born to go to the battlefield."
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