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Chapter 550 Substitute
Lu Qing's face darkened at the mention of Yan Daoxin.

Seeing that he seemed lost in thought, Zhu Yu, feeling somewhat uneasy, quickly reminded him, "You'd better not think about anything right now, and don't make any plans!"
The injury on your back has only healed to the point where it's no longer bleeding and the scab has formed quite firmly. If you want it to heal quickly, you must rest properly.

If we mess things up and reopen the wound that has finally started to grow granulation tissue, then I won't be able to stitch it up anymore, and you won't be able to move at all. That would really delay everything!

Did you understand?

"I understand, Madam. Don't worry, I'm not that reckless or impulsive." Lu Qing could tell that Zhu Yu was genuinely worried about her, so she answered crisply and sincerely.

Zhu Yu nodded in satisfaction: "Just now Liu Yueyao mentioned Runzhou, who is that Zhao Xin...?"

"Has Madam forgotten?" Lu Qing was not surprised that Zhu Yu did not remember Zhao Xin. After all, they had not had much contact back then, and so much time had passed and so many things had happened. "Back then, we found large areas of barren farmland along the border of the state. Later, we heard from the only winery in Qingshui County that the grain was bought from nearby Runzhou."

The prefect of Runzhou forbade farmers from abandoning their farmland to grow flowers, herbs, and dyes, so Runzhou had very ample grain reserves.

Zhao Xin was that visionary prefect of Runzhou.

Zhu Yu was reminded of this and remembered: "Back then, you even sent Fuwen Fulu with the Golden-Faced Censor's waist token to borrow people from him. But he only borrowed 20 people, even though he was picky about the smart and capable ones!"
That's the cautious and meticulous prefect!

“It’s him.” Lu Qing nodded. “This Zhao Xin is a smart man. His greatest strength is his caution, but his greatest weakness is also that he is too cautious.”

The capital city is located within the territory of Congzhou. Although farming may be a matter of "blind spots," hoarding troops or something else will attract extra attention.

In comparison, Runzhou is much better.

It was neither under the watchful eye of the capital like Congzhou, nor as far away as Lizhou, which was too far to be effectively controlled.

Zhao Xin's cleverness backfired; he wanted to protect himself, but forgot whether others were willing to let him keep his position.

"So it's true that you're currently overwhelmed with your own problems, but it's also true that you're using this opportunity to give him a chance to see reality clearly and reassess the situation?" Zhu Yu asked.

“Yes.” Lu Qing considered for a moment. “Don’t worry, I will take good care of my injuries first, and then we will go to Lan Di.”

"By then, we'll inevitably pass through Runzhou, and perhaps we'll have a chance to meet Zhao Xin."

"Going to Lan Di?" Zhu Yu asked, somewhat surprised. "Why go there again?"

Speaking of which, their previous trip, whether to the land of Shuo or the land of Fan, was full of twists and turns, and every single thing they experienced was fraught with danger.

Looking back on all of those things, the only ones that still send chills down her spine were all those that happened in Lan Di, whether it was Fairy Castle or Little Mountain Tower.

However, although those things happened in Landi, all the various drugs, poisons, exotic flowers and venomous insects involved ultimately came from Bhagavan.

Therefore, Zhu Yu has always been extra cautious about everything in the Vatican because of this.

Even if Lu Qing said they were planning to disguise themselves and sneak back to the Vatican, whether she agreed or not was another matter, but at least she wouldn't be too surprised. But going to Lan... Zhu Yu couldn't help but shudder.

“I know you have a trauma from Lan Di.” Lu Qing saw Zhu Yu’s reaction and took her hand in his palm with heartache. “But we can’t avoid that place.”

On the surface, it seems that the Vatican played a very important role in these matters, but we have already entered the Vatican Palace and have a clear understanding of the situation in the Vatican.

Brahma was obsessed with prolonging his life and seeking immortality, and completely ignored the lives of the people in his fiefdom.

The land of Brahma was forcibly requisitioned to grow medicinal herbs, but as a result, ordinary people could not even buy the most common medicinal herbs. They became emaciated from hunger and could only endure their illnesses.

Under such circumstances, I don't believe that Brahma really has that kind of control to arrange for his subordinates to do so many things outside.

I don't believe the Vatican has enough financial and material resources to plan these things.

Later, Brahma died suddenly, which was indeed a trap set by the other side to frame us.

But this trap also confirmed my previous suspicions. After all, no one who could devise such a scheme and plan would let themselves become a victim of someone else's trap so easily.

So it's clear that the person who orchestrated all of this was always outside the circle. Brahma was just a pawn, and Brahma Kingdom was nothing more than a huge facade to mislead the outside world.

I don't believe that such a large-scale operation could be controlled by only one person. Apart from the fake castle lord we killed, there must be someone else behind it all.

Once my injuries have healed, I plan to venture deeper into Lan territory to probe their true strength.

Hearing him say this, Zhu Yu no longer had any doubts. Although Lan Di had left her with a lot of psychological trauma, nothing ventured, nothing gained. They had all previously thought that the crux of the problem lay in Fan Di, so after escaping from Xiaoshanlou, they went straight to Fan Kingdom without paying attention to any other signs in Lan Di.

Looking back now, there is no one-sided reason in this world. The Brahma Kingdom kept encroaching on the border lands of the Lan Kingdom, and the people of the Lan Kingdom were filled with resentment. However, the King of Lan remained quiet and had not submitted any memorials to the Emperor Jin for several years.

Since Prince Lan and Emperor Jin were distant relatives by blood, Emperor Jin had always trusted him and never minded too much.

This is very strange. His own territory has been invaded and occupied, yet he remains silent and ignores the people's grievances. If this Prince Lan says that there is no problem at all, no one will believe it.

He's probably beyond just being a tyrant or not.

Thinking back on their experiences in Fairy Castle and Little Mountain Tower, those strange things and events, Zhu Yu's ominous premonition grew even stronger.

She suddenly remembered something Emperor Jin had mentioned when he was in the palace, when he was telling Lu Qing about the details of his clansmen's deaths.

"His Majesty said that the only surviving member of your household besides you was a servant, but he was later found dead in a place near the border between Jin and Lan. His body was found by the river and had been mostly eaten by fish."

This means that only the clothes he was wearing could prove his identity.

"Then the person who died by the river might not be the real person or a substitute," she said to Lu Qing.