She frowned slightly, knowing that this battle-hardened man was very alert even when drunk.
To prevent accidents, she put away the invisibility cloak she was wearing, took something out of the space, and tiptoed towards Meng Jue's bed.
When they were less than a meter away, the snoring suddenly stopped and the person on the couch opened his eyes, "Who?!"
Chen Huaixu could see the other person clearly, so she acted decisively and rushed forward, intending to cover the man's mouth and nose with the handkerchief in her hand.
At the same time, the man on the couch attacked Shen Huaixu with a pair of big hands like iron hoops. One hand seemed to want to grab her hand holding the handkerchief, and the other hand clenched into a fist and hit her with a sharp wind.
To make matters worse, perhaps the guards outside heard the noise inside the tent and asked, "General, do you have any instructions?"
With a chill in his heart, Shen Huaixu could only dodge backwards. At the same time, a cold light flashed at his fingertips, and a silver needle penetrated into Meng Jue's body.
Meng Jue was about to open his mouth to call out for help when he felt dizzy and the blurry figure in front of him became even more illusory. Finally, he gasped in pain and fell heavily back on the bed.
Chen Huaixu took two steps back and stopped. Before the curtain at the door was drawn, she quickly hid behind Meng Jue's armor and waited with bated breath.
A guard poked his head into the tent and vaguely saw Meng Jue lying there safely, so he muttered something incoherently.
Another guard pulled him and whispered, "I guess he was just talking in his sleep. General Meng hates being disturbed when he's resting. Stop startling him."
"Didn't you smell that fragrance just now? It wasn't a drug or anything like that. It was a bit like something I've smelled on women before. It's really a bit weird tonight..."
"I think you're thinking about women!"
…
The two people outside were whispering to each other with great interest, but Shen Huaixu had already stepped forward to check on Meng Jue's condition - he had completely fainted.
The drug that she had plundered from the human traffickers was indeed effective. The silver needle inserted into Meng Jue's body had been soaked in the drug. She was originally worried that the drug was not strong enough.
She covered Meng Jue's mouth and nose with the handkerchief in her hand, which was also soaked in sleeping pills. After ensuring that he had enough sleep, she began to rummage through the military tent.
The lack of candlelight was no big deal to Shen Huaixu. She swiftly and deftly searched the entire tent, only to find a letter.
She could vaguely see that it was a letter from Meng Jue to Shangguan Zhu, the Marquis of Zhenyuan. She threw it directly into the space, walked back to the bed, and planned to search Meng Jue's body.
Unexpectedly, just as I got closer, I heard voices outside again.
"Is the general in the tent?"
"The general is resting..."
After taking a last look at Meng Jue, Shen Huaixu quickly put on an invisibility cloak, cut open the military tent with a dagger, and after finding that no one outside could notice this place, he went straight out.
Not long after Shen Huaixu left Meng Jue's tent, martial law was suddenly imposed in the entire military camp, and the soldiers who had already rested had no choice but to get out of bed and obey the order to arrest people.
However, the culprit had already escaped under the cover of darkness.
Half an hour later, Shen Huaixu returned to the inn and carefully read the letter that Meng Jue wrote to Shangguan Zhu. The content of the letter was about the battle situation and the unreasonable aspects.
Finally, he suspected that someone had noticed something and was interfering, and wanted Shangguan Zhu to find out if there was anything unusual in the capital recently.
Obviously, this was a letter that had just been written and had not yet been sent to the capital.
What concerned Shen Huaixu was that the letter also mentioned a witch, which he briefly mentioned in two words: "Originally, everything was just as the witch said, until the Northern Qiang army arrived at the city gates, and something unexpected happened..."
After thinking for a moment, she did not destroy the letter, but put it into the space, and left another letter for Fu Yin in the space. She planned to set off back to Beijing tomorrow.
Inside the tent, Meng Jue was furious after waking up, and he wanted to order his men to turn the camp upside down.
"General, you said that the bandit fought with you. Did you see clearly whether he was tall, short, fat or thin?" asked Meng Jue's subordinates.
Meng Jue recalled the blurry figure he saw before he fainted, frowned, and knocked his forehead with his fist.
"About... six and a half feet tall, thin..."
"Six and a half feet?" the subordinate repeated in surprise, "Could it be a woman?"
Meng Jue's face was thoughtful. "Indeed, she looks more like a woman. There's even a faint fragrance about her."
"Is there anything missing from the general's tent?"
"A letter." Meng Jue said, his eyes cold, filled with undisguised murderous intent. "We must find him no matter what. He was able to sneak into the military camp quietly, so he must be very powerful. I won't be able to sleep or eat unless I find out his background."
On the other side, Qi Zhan was also alarmed by this incident. He put on his clothes and sat on the bed. His sharp face was still slightly drunk. His deep and determined eyes usually gave people an invisible sense of oppression when he looked at someone, but the drunkenness in his eyes dispelled this feeling.
He stroked the short beard on his chin and asked, "What happened outside?"
"General, there are thieves in the barracks. General Meng's tent has been robbed. General Meng has ordered martial law to be enforced and the thieves to be tracked down."
Qi Zhan sneered, his voice deep and rich: "Thieves? What kind of thieves dare to come to the military camp and cause trouble? If General Meng catches them, bring them to me for inspection."
The man who came was the lieutenant general beside Qi Zhan. He didn't dare to get involved in this matter. He lowered his head and didn't dare to speak.
Qi Zhan suddenly remembered something and asked, "Is there any news about Fu Yin?"
The lieutenant general said, "No news yet."
"I thought he was a promising talent, but I didn't expect him to be so overestimating." Qi Zhan's eyes turned cold, "Chen Su's vision is getting worse."
The lieutenant general raised his eyelids and said, "General, aren't you admiring his fearlessness?"
Qi Zhan was furious. "He's fearless and brave, which is good, but what's the big deal about leading thousands of soldiers to die together?"
"I thought what you and General Meng said was true."
Qi Zhan stood up, his expression gloomy. "Meng Jue has always wanted to find something to hold against me, and Fu Yin brought him to him. In front of so many people, how could I not protect him? If he achieves great success this time, it will be fine. But if he returns empty-handed... humph."
A cold snort filled with endless coldness.
"General, are you going to send reinforcements?"
"I do want to!" Qi Zhan paced back and forth impatiently, "I don't even know where they are, how can I support them!"
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. "If this guy comes back, he'll be beaten with a hundred military sticks! You'll execute him yourself!"
Before the lieutenant general could answer, he heard a long "Report!" coming from far away. A soldier in scout armor ran over in the flickering firelight.
"Commander Xu, there's news from the front!" The scout took out a bamboo tube and presented it with both hands.
Lieutenant General Xu took it, removed the wax seal, took out the note inside, and just glanced at it lightly. He was stunned on the spot.
After realizing what was happening, he strode over to Qi Zhan and showed him, "General, look—"
There were eight words written on the letter: Already crossed the Huai River, everything is fine.
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