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The skinny monkey quickly took the clock and the white gourd porcelain bottle he usually used and shook it under his nose.

"The sir is awake..." Zhou Chang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to the skinny monkey, "Didn't the military doctor say that this thing is highly irritating and that using it too often is useless, and that he won't let the sir use it?"

The skinny monkey held back Zhong Yu who was about to stand up, and let him sniff twice before retracting his hand: "This is what Mr. Zhong meant. He just told me to do this. He's afraid I'll faint again, so I have to hold on and wait for news."

"Oh..." Zhou Chang couldn't help but sigh.

If Zhong Yu hadn't been such a worrywart, her health wouldn't have deteriorated over the years.

Aunt Jing didn't expect Zhong Yu to be so seriously ill. She went to the bedside and stared at him nervously: "Mr. Zhong, what's wrong with you?"

After smelling the medicinal oil, Zhong Yu felt more alert. He had the strength to speak and asked directly, "Did something happen in Jindu?"

Aunt Jing would not appear here for no reason. If something big had not happened in Prince Yi's Mansion in Jindu, there would be no second reason.

If such a big event had happened in the past, both Prince Yi and Zhou Chang would have been the first to tell Zhong Yu about it.

However, now that Zhong Yu was in such a weak physical condition, everyone hesitated.

But how could Zhong Yu hide everyone's expressions?

No one answered, but Zhong Yu became even more anxious and struggled to sit up again.

The skinny monkey had no choice but to half-carry and half-hugger Zhong Yu against himself.

After Zhong Yu had taken a long break, Zhou Chang showed him the kidnapper's letter and told him the whole story again, but he did not mention that Liu E had been killed, for fear that he would be upset again.

After reading the letter and listening to the story, Zhong Yu opened his half-closed eyes and turned to Aunt Jing: "How many days were you taken to Fengming Mountain before being sent back?"

Aunt Jing was startled. She had never thought about this question before. She did some calculations in her mind before answering, "It has been about a month since the princess and I were captured in Yuebei. It should have been five or six days since we reached Fengming Mountain. Because we were covered with masks on the road and could not see anyone, we could only estimate the time. We could feel it when we went up the mountain and learn what the place was from the kidnappers."

Zhong Yu stopped asking questions after hearing this. Instead, he closed his eyes and thought for a long time before uttering four words: "Not a coincidence."

"What's not a coincidence?" Zhou Chang also felt that it was too much of a coincidence, but he didn't have time to think about the specific problem.

Zhong Yu indicated that he wanted to smell the white porcelain gourd bottle, so the skinny monkey had to hand it to him.

Zhong Yu placed the gourd porcelain bottle under his nose and took a deep breath. He took a deep breath and tried to speak fluently: "Your Highness, tomorrow is the final battle. It just so happens that Aunt Jing was released by the kidnappers at this time, and they also agreed to redeem her at 9:00 tomorrow. This is too much of a coincidence."

Zhou Chang nodded in agreement and waited for Zhong to continue.

"There must be a traitor." Zhong Yu said five more words.

Zhou Chang's words were earth-shattering. Why didn't she think of this?

Such an obvious connection, but if Zhong Yu hadn't told her, she just wouldn't have thought of it.

Yes, if there was no traitor, how would the kidnappers know that the army would be dispatched tomorrow?

If you think in this way, then the kidnappers are not ordinary kidnappers, they must be related to the mirage thieves.

But if they were mirage thieves, how could they kidnap Aunt Jing and Yuan Yun who were thousands of miles away, and bring them all the way here without risking exposure?

Zhong Yu was extremely weak, but he tried hard to analyze: "The identity of the kidnapper is unknown, but it can be inferred that he must be related to the Mirage Kingdom. He is related to the Mirage Kingdom but knows everything about the prince, so he must be someone close to the prince. The time of the attack is a military secret. The kidnappers chose this time, so the traitor must be in the army. Therefore, the prince must be careful..."

"Sir, you are right. We must find the traitor first." Once Zhou Chang was reminded, it was as if a light was turned on in his confused mind.

After Zhong Yu finished speaking, he leaned against the thin monkey and closed his eyes, as if he was pondering or resting. After a long time, he opened his eyes and spoke again, saying something shocking: "I suspect that His Highness Xian Wang's death was not caused by a poisonous arrow, but by this inner traitor."

"Ah?" Zhou Chang was shocked. He was still wondering which traitor leaked the time of the troops' dispatch. However, he didn't expect that Zhong Yu actually contacted King Xian.

"It's not a common method." Zhong Yu added with difficulty.

"What?" Zhou Chang's brain circuit couldn't connect.

Zhong Yu's eyes shifted to Gao Yuan standing behind Zhou Chang, and he sniffed the porcelain bottle in his hand before continuing slowly, "Monkey once told me about Gao Yuan being shot by an arrow, and General Jiang... If the enemy army is used to using poison arrows, why not do the same to others?"

"Perhaps it's because the commander-in-chief is different, so the methods used are also different." Zhou Chang tried to make his brain follow Zhong Yu's thinking.

Zhong Yuming obviously disagreed, but he no longer had the energy to shake his head or say "not right, not right", so he could only give a direct answer: "According to the military doctor, the poison in Prince Xian was discovered too late, but I have never heard of such a poison that can kill a person without being discovered for so many days after it is contaminated with a wound. And... since it can be discovered that it was poisoning afterwards, then unless the poison was put into the ointment for treating external injuries and applied every day, then the poison must be a chronic poison..."

Zhong Yu spoke a long paragraph again and he was running out of breath.

"Yes..." Zhou Chang vaguely thought of someone.

"In addition..." Zhong Yu was eager to finish his words even though he had no more strength left. "Prince Yi's mansion was robbed, and the princess disappeared... For such a long time... How come Jindu has not given any news? Has Your Highness heard any news?"

"Ah... yes... sir, you are right..." Zhou Chang was hit by one "unexpected" after another.

Not to mention anything else, the disappearance of Princess Yuan Yun of Prince Yi, how big a deal is this?

Even if Prince Yi was far away in northern Vietnam, didn't Yuan Yun's family notice it?

Why didn't anyone send a letter to Prince Yi?

Or was it that the letter was sent, but for some reason it didn't arrive?

"No matter what, even if we can't find the traitor for the time being..." Zhong Yu seemed to be speaking with his last bit of strength, "Facing the current situation, what choice will the prince make?"

Zhou Chang's head was about to explode. Questions came one after another. He had no time to think and could only speak the truth: "Originally, I planned to refuse the attack, but if it is as you said, this may be a conspiracy of the enemy. But...if I go to Fengming Mountain to redeem people tomorrow, the enemy may also take the opportunity to counterattack or launch a sneak attack. If I go to rescue people and still send troops to attack, it is also possible that the enemy will know that the commander is not in the army and spread rumors to shake our morale. No matter what choice I make, it seems to be disadvantageous to my side. I really don't know what to do."

Zhong Yu's energy had been exhausted again in just a short while. He just blinked, indicating that he thought the same as Zhou Chang.