C76

Helian Manqiu's eyes turned slightly cold. "Ke Yu, Gan Yuxuan is suspicious of me. Today, you saw him personally dressing the medicine for me to find out if I'm injured. Previously, two assassins came over to kill me, but didn't kill me. They only cut open my clothes with their swords.

"I know my lord may suspect you, but I didn't expect it to be so."

"Gan Yuxuan knew that I knew martial arts, and he also knew that the injuries on my body were not serious. He probably suspected that my legs had not been injured in the slightest."

"My lord summoned me early this morning, and I'm guessing that my lord is suspicious of whether you know martial arts or not. My lord is asking me if you know martial arts, and I say that the young general has never loved martial arts, nor does he know martial arts."

"No worries. But, but I don't think he would lie. Hehe, you can't be considered to be lying. Helian Qingyu naturally doesn't know martial arts."

"Young General, it is not a good thing for the Lord to suspect you. Your injuries cannot be concealed forever."

"It's not time yet. I will wait. In the future, just call me Qingyu."

"You should rest for a bit. Today, your injuries are not light. The original wound was split open, so you should move less."

"Alright, I'll rest for a while. You should go rest as well."

After saying goodbye, Lu Kaiyu walked to the door. After standing there for a moment, he glanced back at Helian Manqiu, who was resting on the bed with her eyes closed. He pushed open the door and walked out.

What kind of burden was on her shoulders?

Could he, if only a little, be of any help to her?

Perhaps, he should take out the two books that his grandfather left behind and study them. Perhaps his grandfather had not burned the two ancient books and had instead kept them sealed, foretelling that the future generations of the Lu Family would one day be of use.

Today was the day!

Poison scriptures, the Imperial Physician Order Lu Xian's hands back in the day, they were most adept at detoxifying poisons. Those who were able to detoxify poisons must have used all sorts of poisons, and only put more of their mind on detoxifying poisons than on developing poisons. If one didn't understand poisons, how could they possibly be able to treat them?

An ancient book that had been sealed for many years should be able to see the light of day again today. He, Lu Keyu, would walk the path that his grandfather had once walked, but he did not know what the future held.

While the incense was being bathed in flames, Lu Keyu quietly left the garrison and returned to his ancestral home. He opened the stone box that was sealed underground and took out two secret manuals.

One of them was the Poison Scripture, which recorded the various methods to use the poison, as well as the method to detoxify it.

It was a thin booklet with only a few pages. It was a secret manual for practicing inner force skills. It also contained a set of fist techniques and sword arts.

Lu Keyu took the two ancient books into his arms, left the ancestral residence, and returned to the garrison.

Helian Manqiu did not sleep nor did she rest. She was lying on the bed, using a pen to write something on a piece of paper.

"Young General, are you asleep?"

A soft question came from the outside.

"Uncle Yi, please come in. I'm not sleeping."

"Young general, they are all here. Are we going to summon the generals?"

"Invite the few uncles in and prepare dinner. I'll be eating it together with you today. I have something to say to the uncles."

"Yes."

He opened the door and saw Helian Manqiu lying on the bed. Beside the bed were two chairs, one of which had a thick stack of papers on it.

"The young general has been busy without any rest, which is detrimental to the recovery of his injuries."

"No worries, I just wrote a few words, please enter, uncles."

Helian Manqiu was extremely courteous to Chen Yu Yang and the rest. However, Chen Yu Yang and the others did not lose their manners because of her politeness. They entered the room and bowed to pay their respects.

"Sit, look at what I wrote, Uncle Chen. This is for you, Uncle Luan. This is for you."

Helian Manqiu divided the papers in her hands. She raised her head and glanced at them, "Uncle Yi, if anything happens in the future, ask Di Qingfeng to come as well. I'll have to trouble you to send someone to call him over."

"Yes, Young General."

He then ordered the personal guards to call Di Qingfeng over. Di Qingfeng entered the room, first saluting Helian Manqiu, then saluting Chen Yuyang and the others. His position was not that high. He was only the captain of the personal guards and a trusted general.

The status of a family general was similar to that of a servant. Usually, they would sell their bodies to their master and their status would be lower.

It was the same with Di Qingfeng. He was sold to the general of Helian Mountain. His position was only slightly higher than that of a servant, but he was the closest confidant of Helian Shan.

"This general pays his respect to the young general."

Not long ago, Helian Shan burned his indenture contract and gave back Di Qingfeng his freedom. He had originally wanted to raise Di Qingfeng to an official military position, from a military background. He didn't want to die before this matter was completed.

He had served in the garrison for many years, and a few days before Helian Shan had entrusted him with the protection of the Helian siblings. As a result, he continued to stay in the mansion, leading his personal guards to protect the garrison and protect the Helian siblings.

Personal soldiers were different from ordinary soldiers. These personal soldiers were the personal guards of the garrison. They only obeyed the orders of Helian Mountain and took the Helian Family as their leader.

Personal soldiers, like Di Qingfeng, were sold to the garrison. Both life and people belonged to the Helian Family. They were like slaves. The only goal of the janissaries was to protect their master, protect their master, and protect their master at all costs.

After the death of Helian Shan, their masters were the Helian siblings.

Di Qingfeng regained his freedom and stayed at the garrison as per usual, exercising his duty to guard the place.

"Big Brother Di, this is for you."

Helian Manqiu handed the paper in her hand to Di Qingfeng. Di Qingfeng took it and bowed, "I am not worthy of addressing you as Young General. Just call me by my name."

"Brother Di is like my brother. No need to say anything. If I wasn't insufficiently prepared, I wouldn't have let my personal guards suffer such heavy losses."

"Young General, personal guards are born for the sake of the young general, to die for the sake of the young general. There's no need for the young general to take it to heart."

Helian Manqiu sighed to herself. She understood that these janissaries were no different from servants. They were special servants who had been trained. There was no doubt that they were loyal to their masters. If his master was humiliated or injured, his personal guards would be safe and sound. This was a serious crime.

His master was dead, and his janissaries had failed to protect him. The janissaries who followed beside him at that time were sentenced to be buried to death according to the laws of the Great Hengkong Empire.

Of these nine people, the only reason they had no paper was because they had retreated to the corner in disappointment, hesitating on whether they should leave or not.

"Uncle Yi, this is for you. It was just delivered today. Come here."

His eyes lit up and he walked to the bedside. "Young General, please give your instructions."

In Helian Manqiu's hand was a long wooden box. She handed it over to Li Yao. "Open it and take a look."

Unexpectedly, he opened the wooden box. Inside was something that resembled a bronze arm, dazzling and radiant.

"This is …"