816 Being Ambushed (2/2)

Nie Zeng didn't trust Han Fen very much and even tried to stop her, but the Dragon King didn't let him.

Gu Shenwei turned around and asked, ”What happened?”

There was anger on Nie Zeng's face, but he held it back and asked Shulitu to tell the story.

”Nie Zeng and I were strolling around and we saw that she,” Shulitu pointed at Tie Linglong when he reached that point, ”seemed to be stalking someone. It all happened really fast. Nie Zeng… maybe you should tell us what you saw. I barely saw anything.”

Nie Zeng nodded and explained, ”Okay. I saw that Tie Linglong was taking a detour around a tent, and I thought that she was performing a task for the Dragon King. But then I heard some unusual sounds so I hurried over, only to find her lying unconscious on the ground. I searched around, but didn't see anybody so I took her here immediately.”

”We didn't tell anybody else. We thought that we should let the Dragon King make the decision,” Shulitu added.

”Mmm, well done,” Gu Shenwei said.

As the only one in the tent who was not nervous, Han Fen stood up and said, ”All right. She'll wake up after sleeping for a day or two.”

”A day or two?” Nie Zeng blurted out, but he shut up immediately afterwards.

Now, at least Tie Linglong's safety was confirmed. Gu Shenwei then ordered Nie Zeng to bring a few particular people` of interest here.

Doctor Sun's diagnosis was the same as that of Han Fen's. ”Hmm, she will wake up in a day or two, thanks to the antidote. So some Waning Moon Hall disciples snuck in?”

All the others turned to look at Han Fen. She had no idea why they would all look at her, so she simply looked back at them, one by one, without blinking.

”She's here all alone.” Gu Shenwei could guarantee that Han Fen was not the culprit behind Tie Linglong's injury. Besides, she had provided the antidote. ”Has anyone from Waning Moon Hall tried to contact you recently, Han Fen?”

”No. If they were here, I would have detected it,” Han Fen said. Then she raised her head, narrowed her eyes, and inhaled deeply. ”You see? I can't smell them.”

Long Fanyun and Mo Lin stood to the side, waiting for the Dragon King's orders. Gu Shenwei said to Shulitu, ”The one who attacked Tie Linglong might still be in the camp. I hope that Your Highness can put Long Fanyun in charge of defending the whole camp, so that Mo Lin can have the space to work on identifying the moles.”

Shulitu gave his agreements repeatedly. ”Of course… Sure… Follow me. I'll write two command orders and they can take them.”

Doctor Sun volunteered to check the food and water.

Everybody received their assignments and subsequently left. But Gu Shenwei signaled for Nie Zeng to stay. ”Do you still have something you wanted to say?”

Nie Zeng glanced at Han Fen. Seeing that the Dragon King didn't mind, he said, ”I saw that Tie Linglong seemed to be… walking from Instructor Shangguan's tent, and the spot where she was attacked is also not far from the tent.”

Gu Shenwei nodded. Before leaving, Nie Zeng couldn't help but glance at the comatose Tie Linglong. As a killer, he clearly knew every path through the camp that one could travel through while stealthed, and he was certain that Tie Linglong had passed by Shangguan Ru's tent.

Someone else came towards the tent and Han Fen hid herself again.

Shangguan Ru and Red Bat entered together, and they headed straight for the bed to check on Tie Linglong.

”Is she okay?” Shangguan Ru asked urgently.

”She's fine. She's took the antidote already.”

”It's my fault. I took her to the Second Consort's place to drink,” Shangguan Ru said as she reproached herself in a low voice.

”No. It's my fault. I thought that she had fallen asleep and didn't take good care of her.” Red Bat reproached herself even more.

Gu Shenwei shook his head as he consoled, ”This is not on either of you. Tie Linglong saw that someone had sneaked in and was attacked while tailing them.”

Shangguan Ru signaled for Red Bat to leave and then said to the Dragon King, ”I'd like to talk to you alone.”

After a while, Gu Shenwei turned his head and said, ”You may leave and rest, Han Fen.”

Han Fen walked out of the corner. ”Great. Honestly, being a bodyguard is so boring. Let's chat.”

Shangguan Ru shook her head with a bitter smile. Gu Shenwei replied, ”I'm not in the mood to chat right now. Go back to your tent and rest for now. No strolling. Just sleep — this is what prisoners do.”

Han Fen sighed. Before leaving, she glanced at Shangguan Ru a few more times — she still hadn't given up on her attempt to imitate Shangguan Ru.

”I originally meant to tell you this tomorrow — the Second Consort's willing to help the Dragon King and Shulitu gather the 70,000 cavalrymen in the Western Regions. Her only condition is that Duodun stays unharmed.”

”She changed stances pretty quickly.”

”The Second Consort's afraid that, someday, Duodun will choose power over her.”

”Do you believe her?”

Shangguan Ru pondered the question for a while before responding, ”I don't know. But I'll arrange a meeting for you to talk to her alone. Then you can make your own judgement.”

Gu Shenwei remained silent for a while, then pointed at Tie Linglong, and asked ”Do you know why this happened to her?”

”I do,” Shangguan Ru admitted frankly. ”But I can't tell you right now.”

”Why?”

The black eyes of Shangguan Ru glistened like clear gemstones. ”I trust you, so I'd never ask you what you want to do, and I'd appreciate it if you trust me in the same way. I promise that this kind of attack will never happen again. This whole event has nothing to do with the Waning Moon Hall. And Golden Roc Castle… doesn't have much to do with this either.”

Gu Shenwei stayed silent. In an almost beseeching tone, Shangguan Ru pleaded, ”It'll all be revealed soon. Just give me a few more days, and then I'll tell you everything.”

”Alright.” Despite his agreement, a surge of suspicion still welled up inside Gu Shenwei.

When secrets were on her mind, Shangguan Ru was just as weird as the Dragon King when he didn't have any secrets on his mind.