Lu Zhang's face turned visibly pale upon hearing the news.
This time, as he took orders to patrol the borders, on one hand, he had heard some unsettling rumors, so he followed his grandfather's arrangement, proactively requested permission from the emperor, and set the right posture to avoid leaving hidden dangers for the future.
On the other hand, he also thought that if there was really something amiss, if he could be the first to discover it, he should snuff it out if possible; if not, he still needed to plan ahead and definitely couldn't remain oblivious, falling into a passive position.
Recently, while patrolling the Jie Country border, he hadn't found anything unusual. Just when he let go of his worrying thoughts, Lu Qing suddenly told him that someone in the Li State camp had been poisoned by a toxin unique to Jie Country...
This was nothing short of a bolt from the blue for him.
