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Xiao Cui knew Bing'er's temper very well. She looked at Bing'er helplessly, then stood up from the ground and stood behind Bing'er respectfully. She did not look for clues along with Sihan and Zhining. They had been working all night to find any valuable clues, but they believed that continuing to do so would be futile.

Sihan sat on the floor and rummaged through every book on the bookshelf, but she couldn't find any clues. ZhiNing carefully searched every corner of the room, still not finding any clues.

However, they were still unwilling to give up. They searched the entire room once more without letting go of a single corner. It was only when Gu Ziming returned from the outside that they stopped looking for clues.

Gu Ziming wasn't surprised when he found out that Sihan and Zhining had not found any clues. On the contrary, he wore a dull expression. He walked up to the old general's desk and sat down on a chair. He stretched out his hand and caressed every part of the table. His face was filled with sorrow.

When Bing'er and Zhining saw the sorrowful look on Gu Ziming's face, they couldn't bear to disturb him, so they left the room with Xiao Cui.

Sihan poured a cup of hot tea and slowly walked in front of Gu Ziming, passing the cup to him. Gu Ziming's shoulders were covered in a leaf, his knees were covered in mud, the soles of his shoes had some sand on them, and there were even some dewdrops on his pants. Adding to Gu Ziming's tired expression, it was likely that he had knelt in front of the old general's grave for the entire night. Such a sight made Sihan's heart ache.

Gu Ziming took the hot tea from Sihan's hand and smiled faintly at her. Although the two of them did not say anything, a warm feeling slowly rose between the two of them.

Sihan smiled back, then turned around and left the room. She should give Gu Ziming some privacy and let him calm down before discussing the murder of the old general with her.

The way Sihan was concerned about him made Gu Ziming's heart warm. He lifted the cup of tea and pecked gently. A thick warmth spread from his throat to his entire body, causing his heart to feel warm. He placed the teacup on the table and raised his head to look at Sihan's back. "Tell Miss Bing'er and Chen Zhi to come in."

She turned around and looked somewhat worriedly at Gu Ziming. Gu Ziming's expression was very bad, he should have needed more rest, but the old general's case was urgent. They had to find the real culprit who killed the old general as soon as possible, and if the old general was innocent, then the patrolling general would be released from prison one day earlier.

She nodded at Gu Ziming. "Let's go to the Purple Bamboo Pavilion." She was a bit worried about Lu Zhao's injuries. They could go to the Violet Bamboo Pavilion to take care of Lu Zhao while discussing the matter of the old general's death.

Gu Ziming stared blankly for a moment, then smiled faintly at Sihan before lazily leaning back in his chair. "Alright, let's go to the Purple Bamboo Pavilion."

He could tell that Sihan was worried about Lu Zhao's injuries. Actually, he wanted to tell Sihan that Lu Zhao's injuries weren't too serious, not as serious as she'd imagined, but he couldn't say it out loud.

Inwardly sighing, he stood up from his chair and slowly walked toward the Purple Bamboo Pavilion.

While Bing'er, Sihan, and Zhining were having their conversation, Lu Zhao was sitting at the table, eating porridge.

Sihan looked around the room. Everything in the room had returned to its original state. She couldn't see any signs of a fight, but she didn't expect the servants in the general's mansion to move so quickly and restore the room to its original state in such a short amount of time.

Bing'er looked at the bloodstain on Lu Zhao's chest in shock, "Lu Zhao, you're injured?"

Lu Shao lowered his head to look at the dried up blood on his chest, then looked up and smiled faintly at Bing'er, "It's fine, it's just a small wound."

Zhining sat on a stool in front of the table, looking at Lu Zhao with suspicion, "It's really just a small wound?" There were a lot of bloodstains on his chest. It seemed that he was not lightly wounded.

"It really is only a light wound. Although I spat out a bit of blood, the Major General used his military qi to heal me and gave me a pill to recover my strength." My injuries are not too serious now, and my power has more or less recovered. " Lu Zhao explained to Zhining and at the same time to Sihan and Bing'er. He knew that these three women were very concerned about him.

Bing'er, Sihan and Zhining let out a sigh of relief at the same time.

Bing'er grabbed the bowl of porridge in Lu Zhao's hands and looked pitifully at him, "Since your wounds aren't severe, let me drink the porridge. I've been starving for a long time."

Sihan snatched the bowl of porridge from Bing'er's hands and looked at her seriously, "Even if Lu Zhao's injuries aren't serious, he's still a patient. You're not allowed to bully him."

Seeing Shan protecting Lu Zhao like a chicken, Bing'er couldn't help but squint, her large watery eyes constantly darting back and forth between Sihan and Lu Zhao, "When did your relationship become so good?"

Sihan placed the bowl of porridge in Lu Zhao's hand and looked complacently at Bing'er, "Our relationship has always been very good!"

"How could that be? "Lu Zhao is mine and mine. I asked him to bring Lian'er back from the Prime Minister's estate, how could he have a good relationship with you?" Bing'er looked at Sihan in disbelief. In terms of relationship, she should've had a better relationship with Lu Zhao!

Zhining, who had been standing at the side, couldn't stand to watch anymore. Ever since they entered the room, Lu Shao hadn't eaten a single mouthful of porridge, "You two stop messing around. Let Lu Zhao drink the porridge without worry."

Bing'er tactfully closed her mouth, supporting herself with both hands as she watched Lu Zhao drink his porridge.

Sihan walked up to the bed and neatly folded up the quilt on the bed, placing it to one side.

When Gu Ziming entered the room, he saw Sihan sitting on the bed and folding Lu Zhao's blanket. Gu Ziming's expression immediately darkened. His heart seemed to be blocked by something, and he felt a bit depressed.

A smile instantly appeared on Sihan's face when she saw Gu Ziming enter the room. She placed the blanket back down and sat on the edge of the bed, looking at Gu Ziming with a smile.

Lu Zhao hastily drank all the porridge in his bowl, then placed the bowl on the table.

Xiao Cui kept all the plates and bowls on the table and placed them in the tray, bringing them out of the room and handing them to the two maidservants by the door, and instructing them, "Do not let anyone disturb the young general."

"Last night, we searched for an entire night and searched the old general's room, but we couldn't find any evidence." Sihan sighed slightly. Usually one or two pieces of valuable evidence were found at the scene of the crime, but last night they found nothing.

"It's normal for you to not be able to find evidence, because before you, Lord Qi had already taken away some of the evidence found at the scene. "Afterwards, Nanhai also searched for evidence in my father's room, but unfortunately, he found nothing, so I believe that all the valuable evidence was found by Lord Qi and handed over to the Emperor." Gu Ziming looked at Sihan as he consoled her.

"I wonder if the young general has seen the evidence that Lord Qi found in the old general's room?" ZhiNing looked at Gu Ziming and asked.

Gu Ziming thought for a moment, then nodded his head. "I saw it. It's a detailed map of the border drawn by my father, and a letter written personally by him." The old general's handwritten letter was one of the most important reasons he believed that the old general was a traitor.

"Did the young general see anything special about the letter or the piece of paper on the map, or did he see any traces of fire?" Zhining narrative Gu Ziming.