Chapter 66: Traitor
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After his brother left, Qi Xiuyuan fell into deep thought. Since his brother could guess his defense from his arrangements, could others do the same?
Qi Xiuyuan called Rong Xuan over. The latter pondered for a moment before saying, “The possibility is not high. The information about the various camps is actually well-contained. Only Haoran and Zijin can come into contact with this information at the same time.”
“No matter what, we should still be careful,” Qi Xiuyuan said. “The defense hasn’t been completed yet. Nothing must happen.”
Rong Xuan immediately stood up. “I’ll go tell them to be careful. Those who are assigned to the patrol team will be told to keep it a secret.”
Qi Xiuyuan nodded.
However, none of them expected that the problem would appear internally. One of Qi Xiuyuan’s trusted aides, Lu Cheng, had already snitched before they finished setting up the defenses, and even before Qi Xiuyuan’s document reached the emissary.
The emissary directly sent an army supervisor to keep an eye on Qi Xiuyuan, and the platoon commander of an elite troop who escorted the army supervisor over also stayed on in Xingzhou Prefecture.
Qi Xiuyuan’s expression was ugly. “Why did Lu Cheng betray me?”
He felt that he had treated his subordinates well. Lu Cheng had been under his command for three years. When his mother fell seriously ill, his salary was not enough to seek medical treatment, and it was he who had given Lu Cheng silver taels and medicinal herbs. Lu Cheng was also grateful to him for that. There was once, he even shielded him from a knife on the battlefield to save him. He really could not fathom why Lu Cheng would betray him.
The people sitting below lowered their heads in silence. After asking them to leave, Rong Xuan patted Qi Xiuyuan’s shoulder. “He must’ve received greater benefits. But no matter what, the most important thing now is to deal with it.”
Qi Xiuyuan’s aura became sharp, and his gaze was like a falcon. “We can’t use the original defense, but we still have to send people to patrol around Chef Mountain. They’re underestimating me if they think they can restrain me with an army supervisor and a platoon commander.”
“Huang Jian said that the Imperial Court is in the midst of negotiating a marriage alliance with the Jin Kingdom. Since our dynasty might send a princess to marry over, the emissary forbids us from destroying the diplomatic relationship between the two countries,” Rong Xuan said.
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