C75

"General Cheng, do you mean that the lives in the water stronghold were the actions of Mirage?"

After Xiao Hai finished asking, he gave Duan Chengxuan a meaningful glance.

In reality, Xiao Hai only found out about this matter after he went to the secret passage to see the Tong Zhou, but why did General Cheng directly tell him the truth?

"Yes, the person who exterminated the mountain stronghold was the person from the Mirage. Moreover, I heard that someone from the stronghold colluded with the mirage. After that, General Tong and I investigated this matter. Who knew that not long after we investigated, General Tong …" As he spoke up to this point, General Cheng's gaze dimmed.

"Then you mentioned about using random blades to chop people …"

"It might have been the people from the Mirage that drugged the soldiers, but those corpses have already been moved. Our military doctors don't understand much about poison …" General Cheng sighed as he spoke, as if all this had really happened.

"Then why didn't you say so earlier?" Duan Chengxuan looked at him coldly.

General Cheng immediately left his seat and knelt on the ground. He kowtowed two times and said, "I would also like to say, but Mirage's people are everywhere. Yesterday, two more doctors already died!"

"Two more died?" Xiao Hai immediately slammed the table and stood up. Was this really controlled by the people from the Mirage?

"Bring this king there to have a look. Don't hide it from me in the future." At this moment, Duan Chengxuan had already stood up and was walking out.

General Cheng quickly got up and followed closely behind.

Arriving at the pharmacy, Xiao Hai saw that the two dead doctors had not been buried yet. They were simply covered by a white cloth. When Xiao Hai lifted it to take a look, there was no trace of someone killing them.

The two coroners at the side seemed to have examined the corpses and found the black pearl within the mirage. "They were poisoned to death."

"Order, search for traces of the mirage." Duan Cheng Xuan ordered Xiao Hai, who was beside him. General Cheng also quickly ordered some people to deal with this matter. He was extremely busy.

As for Duan Chengxuan, he only raised his head and glanced at the tree branch. After giving a few instructions, he returned to his room and closed the door.

At this moment, Gu Liuyan was sitting at the table, wearing a black robe. She beckoned to him: "The people of the Mirage are indeed related to the people of the water stronghold, and the people of the Mirage can even easily leave the Sky Flame. There should be a high ranking official in the imperial government who has made a deal with the Mirage."

Duan Chengxuan told Gu Danyan about what General Cheng had just said.

"I don't think General Cheng has anything to do with this." Gu Danyan shook his head: "I think he saw that our Yun clan's descendant was no longer here. That's why he told you that it was the people from the Mirage. He took this opportunity to draw your gaze onto the Mirage."

"Do you think …"

"I believe that the two doctors were killed by General Cheng himself just to make you believe that it was a mirage. As for that mountain god, I've seen him wear a saber in the mirage before, although it's slightly twisted." Gu Daiyan continued to gesture.

Duan Chengxuan sat down, but a moment later, the window was opened and 12% of the time the man in black brought the herbs in. He walked to Duan Chengxuan's side and handed him a saber.

Gu Danyan couldn't help glancing at the man in black. She didn't even know that he had put away the sabre.

"But General Cheng only thinks that this mountain god is related to that godly stick." The third in command of the mountain stronghold was purely just a divine staff that they were trying to confuse the crowd with. But now that Gu Daiyan had left, she had stopped mentioning the Mountain God's matter and was only focused on luring them into the mirage.

"In a bit, I'll be able to make enough poison. But, when the water stronghold is poisoned, they'll definitely have no way to defend themselves. If something happens …" Gu Daiyan had already started making poisons, and Cheng Yi had already prepared a basin of clear water for her.

"Do you really think that only twenty percent of the time I returned to the Sky Flame to protect you?" Duan Chengxuan similarly raised his eyebrows and looked at her, "None of the people from the Water Stronghold can escape. If they are guilty, there is no need to give them the antidote.

"Makes sense. Anyway, General Cheng said that everything in the army camp was caused by the mirage. At that time, just say that the Mirage people intentionally poisoned it and see how many people can tell the truth." Gu Daiyan also laughed softly.

The ones who really resisted were already in the dungeon, and the rest of them, other than being seriously ill and cowardly, were the accomplices of the tiger. In the huge Sunset Water Stronghold, they had forcefully colluded with the bandits for several years, and now that the bandits had left, they had to hide things for a whole year, no one could escape from their responsibility!

Duan Chengxuan silently watched her actions.

At night, General Cheng naturally went home early and slept peacefully.

As for the few black figures, they shuttled back and forth within the stronghold. Duan Chengxuan directly brought Gu Daiyan along to the secret passageway and saved all the soldiers. The Tong Zhou was already on the brink of death as its life threatened.

"There's hope." Gu Liuyan took a whiff of her breathing. Luckily, she came back quickly.

It was no wonder that the black-clothed person had sent her back without waiting for her to finish concocting the medicine. Duan Chengxuan had long since planned to directly send troops from Sky Flame to guard the water stronghold and poison her.

After bringing the Tong Zhou all the way to the courtyard, the other officers could only temporarily rest in the secret passage. Duan Chengxuan had assigned a few guards to watch the passage, just in case.

As soon as he returned to the courtyard, Duan Chengxuan, Xiao Hai, was chased out. Gu Daiyan casually threw him a jade bottle as well. "This is the antidote for the fatty general."

"Tell me, does the wangfei want you to ask the fatty's question?" Xiao Hai looked at the jade bottle in his hand.

"Go." Duan Chengxuan tossed the bottle to him and Xiao Hai could only head over by himself. Xiao Hai merely sat by the courtyard's stone table and played with the Mirage Saber in his hand.

Was Gu Liuyan afraid of death?

It didn't matter if it was saving a life in the mountains or galloping a horse, they had been intentionally taken by the enemy.

Did she not remember being poisoned by the mirage at all?

Yet, she cared so much about the lives of others.

After waiting for an unknown amount of time, the door opened and Gu Daiyan, who was sweating profusely, stumbled over to the stone table to pour himself a cup of water. He then fell asleep on the stone table.

Duan Chengxuan didn't even need to go in to confirm; he only needed to have someone take out a coat and place it on Gu Danyan's shoulders as he silently waited for the night to pass.

He had just drunk two bottles of strong liquor and was warming up, wanting to take the third bottle, but he found nothing. When he turned around, Gu Pingyan was already looking at him with those big eyes of his, and he was holding the bottle of strong alcohol. He had just poured a cup, and laughed lightly: "I forgot to say, General Tong is fine."

Duan Chengxuan could only helplessly withdraw his hand. Raising his head to look at the moonlight, he said in a low voice, "Thank you."