The training ground gradually became restless.

The doctors are overwhelmed and can't keep up with everything.

The soldiers thought the epidemic had begun to spread and became panicked.

Zhao Jinzhong's gaze followed Qin Xuan's figure the whole time. He saw Qin Xuan leading the doctors to treat the wounded soldiers one by one from the very beginning.

Gradually, due to a shortage of manpower, things became chaotic.

After diagnosing for a while, he went to report to Zhao Yucheng.

After going back and forth several times, he left the training ground when no one was paying attention.

Zhao Jinzhong guessed that he would go to see that Taoist priest, so he had already arranged for guards to keep watch outside.

As Zhao Jinzhong had predicted, not long after, Qin Xuan led the Taoist priest into the training ground and walked up to Zhao Yucheng.

"General, this is Master Yu Guan, a disciple of the current Imperial Preceptor."

He observed the celestial phenomena at night and foresaw that chaos would break out in our military camp, so he came here specifically a few days ago.

Qin Xuan introduced the Taoist priest to Zhao Yucheng.

Zhao Yucheng sneered inwardly, but his face showed suspicion. He asked, "If you predicted the chaos in my army, why didn't you report it to me sooner?"

Qin Xuan: "I originally thought that such folk divination techniques were most likely to disturb the morale of the army, so I took it upon myself to stop the Taoist priest and let him stay in the camp for the time being."

Unexpectedly, an outbreak occurred in the camp, and the soldiers are now exhibiting unusual symptoms. None of us doctors could come up with a solution.

"Only then did I think of Abbot Yu Guan, and I just went to invite him over."

After listening to Qin Xuan's explanation, Zhao Yucheng nodded and asked the Taoist priest, "Master, what do you mean?"

Master Yu Guan bowed respectfully and said, "General, the current chaos in the camp matches the celestial phenomena I observed."

"Oh?" Zhao Yucheng deliberately changed his posture to show his importance. "Does the commander know the cause of this chaos?"

The Taoist priest flicked his whisk, stroked his gray beard, and slowly said, "From what I've observed, this training ground has been set up with an array."

"What did you say?!" Zhao Yucheng looked surprised, his brows furrowed with lingering anger. "An array? Isn't it a plague?"

The Taoist priest said, "The chaos in the training ground was not caused by the epidemic, but by someone deliberately causing it."

Zhao Yucheng: "Who is it? How dare they be so audacious as to attempt to harm our army's formation!"

The Taoist priest said, "General, finding the person who set up the formation is not difficult. This formation is special; the person who set it up will have a mark on their chest."

Zhao Yucheng gave a barely audible sneer, "I'll trouble you, Daoist, to break the formation for our army and find the culprit!"

The Taoist priest said, "The soldiers in the army are the pillars of the court. I have come here to relieve everyone of this disaster."

"General, the array's markings are on the chests of those who set it up. We can identify them simply by checking their chests for the markings."

Zhao Yucheng: "Pass down the order: every two soldiers shall check each other, and the centurions shall supervise their own ranks. Report any incidents immediately!"

Just as the soldiers were checking each other, Zhao Jinzhong brought Zhou Ruo and Granny Wang to Zhao Yucheng's side.

Half an hour later, the guard came to report: "General, we have checked everything and found no stamps on the chests."

Seeing that the opportunity had arrived, Qin Xuan asked the reporting guard sternly, "How could there not be? Are you sure you've checked everything?"

"The soldiers and doctors in the arena have all been examined," the guard said, glancing around. "However..."

"Speak your mind!" Zhao Yucheng ordered.

The guard trembled, but mustered his courage and said, "Only the people here haven't been checked yet."

Qin Xuan smirked and shouted, "How dare you! Do you intend to doubt the General?!"

The guard was so frightened that he knelt down, his body trembling: "Your subordinate dared not doubt the general, and neither did Doctor Qin and the others."

Qin Xuan never expected the guard to bring it up. He had been so focused on watching the show that he had forgotten about the fact that he hadn't checked.

The words that were about to come out were swallowed back. Qin Xuan looked defeated and dared not refute, for fear that his scheme would be exposed.

Zhao Yucheng remained expressionless. "Get up! The guard is right. Everyone present should be investigated, including this general."

After saying that, Zhao Yucheng pulled off the shirt in front of his chest, revealing his bronze skin.

Qin Xuan and the Taoist priest's expressions changed instantly. Qin Xuan blinked and even leaned forward to take a look.

Then, looking at the Taoist priest, Master Yu Guan also looked bewildered.

"What happened?" Qin Xuan asked in a low voice.

"The formation is still on him, so how come the mark is gone?" The Taoist priest couldn't figure it out either.

Zhao Yucheng straightened his clothes and asked the Taoist priest, "What kind of mark are you referring to, Elder? Is the light too bright to see clearly?"

"You won't have trouble seeing it; the round, blue pattern is easy to spot," the Taoist priest said directly.

Seeing that even the Taoist priest had lost his composure, he described the pattern so clearly that it was as if he were the one who set up the formation.

Just then, Zhou Ruo, who was watching the scene unfold, couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.

It was only at this moment that Qin Xuan noticed that a child had come to the military camp.

"Where did this child come from?" Qin Xuan then noticed Wang Mama, who was beside Zhou Ruo. "Since when are women allowed to enter the army?"

"This is my father's adopted daughter, and I brought her into the camp," Zhao Jinzhong explained.

Then he said sarcastically, "Doctor Qin, you don't suspect the mark is on my sister or my nanny, do you?"

Zhao Yucheng smiled slightly, then said expressionlessly:

"There are no female officials in the camp, and my daughter is too young to know any magic."

The old woman has been in the Jiang household for decades and wouldn't know anything about this. The two of them don't need to check.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Jinzhong also voluntarily opened his collar, "Taoist Master, please take a look. Do you have any marks on my chest?"

The Taoist priest glanced at him and said, "The young general has no marks on him."

He knew, of course, that the mark was not on Zhao Jinzhong.

"Dr. Qin hasn't examined you yet!" Zhou Ruo pointed at Qin Xuan, her face serious.

At this moment, everyone's eyes turned to Qin Xuan.

Qin Xuan was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses and said, "Yes, yes, I haven't checked yet."

As he spoke, Qin Xuan unconsciously pulled open his collar, and a blue circular mark instantly appeared in everyone's sight.

"Doctor Qin has a mark!" Zhou Ruo shouted, "You're accusing the thief of crying 'thief!'"

"Ruo Ruo, it's the thief crying 'stop thief!'" Zhao Jinzhong corrected her. Zhou Ruo was slightly embarrassed. "Oh."

Only after hearing Zhou Ruo's shout did the Taoist priest turn around to look at Qin Xuan.

The mark on Qin Xuan's chest startled the Taoist priest so much that he took several steps back, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.

Qin Xuan looked down and realized, "Oh no, when did the mark get on me?"

His first reaction was to suspect that the Taoist priest had made a mistake in the spell. He turned his head as if to accuse the Taoist priest, but he didn't dare to say it out loud.

"Master, is the mark you mentioned the one on Doctor Qin's chest?" Zhao Yucheng asked.

The Taoist priest's mind was in complete chaos; it was too late for him to deny it.

He described the mark so clearly just now that even a child could recognize it.

"That's...that's right," the Taoist priest said in a low voice, not daring to look at Qin Xuan.

He didn't know what had happened, and even began to doubt whether he had made a mistake when setting up the formation.

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