Chapter 769: Chapter 769: No, She Comes to Help Chapter 769: Chapter 769: No, She Comes to Help Qi Chan froze for a moment, then quickly stepped forward, squatting down to check on Cheng Dong’s condition.
After a moment, his brow furrowed and a trace of regret flashed across his face.
Shu Yu hurriedly asked, “What’s wrong with him? Did he bite his tongue and commit suicide?”
Qi Chan shook his head, “There is poison in his mouth, he seems to have ingested poison to kill himself.”
Shu Yu stepped back several paces in shock, “So, he’s dead?”
“How could this happen? Mister Qi, I didn’t do anything, I didn’t mean to kill him, and I had no idea it would turn out . What should I do? He was one of Lord Cheng’s guards, will Lord Cheng blame me? If I had known, I wouldn’t have tied him up.”
Qi Chan immediately comforted her, “Don’t be afraid, this has nothing to do with you. Lord Cheng won’t blame you; on the contrary, he will be grateful to you. Cheng Dong was the spy lurking beside Lord Cheng, and we have been trying to capture him these past few days. As a Death Soldier, knowing he had no chance of escape while bound and not wishing to be tortured for information, he simply committed suicide by poison. You couldn’t have predicted it, there is no need to blame yourself.”
“Is that so?” Shu Yu asked uncertainly, “It really has nothing to do with me?”
“Yes, you did well. He was highly skilled, and had you not restrained him properly, he might have found an opportunity to escape, or even endangered your life. Lady Lu, both Lord Cheng and I were right; you truly are exceptionally intelligent.”
Shu Yu, “…Why do I feel somewhat guilty then?”
She quickly changed the subject, “As long as I did nothing wrong, that’s good.” She sighed in relief, “I never would have imagined Cheng Dong to be Lord Cheng’s spy. It’s fortunate I didn’t listen to him and help him, otherwise I would have become the criminal. Is Lord Cheng alright? This person has been by Lord Cheng’s side for many years; it would have been too easy for him to harm Lord Cheng.”
“Yes, Lord Cheng didn’t expect it either. Actually, Lord Cheng had already captured him, but wanted to extract some clues from him. It was unexpected that he found an opportunity to escape instead,” Qi Chan shook his head, thankful that now the man was dead.
Shu Yu thought, so they didn’t keep a living witness to rigorously interrogate him, a truly wise decision.
“Then, should we hand over the body to Lord Cheng?”
After thinking it over, Qi Chan said, “The Dasu dynasty is experiencing a severe drop in temperature everywhere recently, and even our area has been greatly affected. Lord Cheng is too busy to attend to this, the body can be handled by me.”
If it wasn’t for being so busy, the governor wouldn’t have let this person find an opportunity to escape.
Now that the person was dead, taking over the subsequent matters would be the same for him.
Shu Yu nodded, “It has indeed been very cold recently. Lord Cheng has a heavy responsibility and can only work hard.”
“It’s also fortunate we had you to help so much. Once Lord Cheng gets through this busy period, I will commend your contribution on your behalf.”
Mister Qi, you are too kind. It was just a fortunate accident. But I do have something else here, and I’m not sure if it could be of help to Lord Cheng.”
Qi Chan was surprised, something more?
“What is it that could help Lord Cheng?”
Shu Yu pursed her lips, “Something that allows people to eat a hot meal. Would you like to take a look, teacher?”
Qi Chan nodded, to eat a hot meal? Such a matter related to the people’s wellbeing, he certainly wanted to see.
Shu Yu then pointed to the corpse on the ground.
Qi Chan waved his hand, “It’s fine, someone will take care of it.”
Since he said so, Shu Yu didn’t bother with it anymore and followed Qi Chan towards the study.