Holy shit! Bai Ze, who was hiding in the dark, was shocked. Could it be that this idiot prefect actually had the ability to discover him? Why was he hiding in the direction he was looking at? So accurate?
He stood in place, thinking about whether to show himself or quickly escape, or simply kidnap the prefect. While he was thinking, he saw prefect Zuo put down the luggage in his hand and walk towards him. Just as Bai Ze was stunned, Zuo Da reached out and pulled out a servant girl from behind the rockery.
Bai Ze rolled his eyes in anger. Fuck, after all this time, it wasn't to catch him!
"Didn't I tell you that I'm very busy these few days? I'll definitely come and see you in a few days!" Zuo Da pulled the servant girl and earnestly persuaded her: "I also have no choice. Someone from above came. I have no choice but to devote myself to receiving them! Everyone in the manor is busy with this matter. I can't do anything else. "
The servant girl pinched him a little unhappily and said sweetly: "When I ask, you say you're busy. Every time, I don't see you busy with any serious matters. How many days has it been since you came to see me? If you don't have me in your heart, just say it. I won't have that thought. "
"How can I not have you?" Zuo Da patted his chest and promised: "My mind and heart are filled with you! If you don't believe me, ask the people in the manor. Which concubine's room have I entered these days? I haven't gone to anyone's room. I'm just thinking about you! Be good and listen. When I take care of that Duanmu Anguo, I'll definitely go and comfort you. Ah! "
Zuo Da finally managed to coax the maidservant away. Bai Ze hid in the dark and watched as the maidservant picked up the luggage and bedding and walked forward. She circled around a garden, passed through two corridors, and entered a small courtyard. There was a mechanism behind a calligraphy painting in the main room of the small courtyard. When the mechanism was activated, half of the wall opened. Zuo Da hummed a little tune as he entered. He then hooked his leg back and the wall closed again.
So the so-called secret room was here. Bai Ze smiled. It seemed that following Duan Mu An Guo into the prefect's manor from a distance was a wise move. At the very least, it would be much easier to find that old thief in the future. He was thinking that when Wang Fei arrived, he would let Wang Fei investigate the Prefectural Manor at night and cut off that old thief Duanmu's head. Then, this battle would be over. Without Duan Mu An Guo interfering, based on the prefect's intelligence, it would be strange if he could win.
He carefully memorized the location of the secret room and quietly left.
That afternoon, Duan Mu An Guo moved into the secret room. Zuo Da very enthusiastically sent him to the door of the secret room. Originally, he wanted to send him a little longer, but as a result, he closed the door and locked him outside. Zuo Da curled his lips but didn't say anything. He just shouted inside, "Sir, if you need anything, please call me at any time!" He was exactly like Little Twenty in the tavern. Unfortunately, he didn't get any reply from the inside.
And in reality, Duan Mu An Guo did enter the Zuo family's secret room. But Zuo Da did not know that there were two other secret rooms in his secret room. A person wearing the uniform of the prefect's manor's servants came out from the small room. After seeing Duan Mu An Guo, he bowed and said: "Master, Zuo Da does not know about this room. You can rest assured."
Duan Mu An Guo nodded. He was a cautious person. When he made the decision to come to Zong Sui, he made thorough preparations. Especially for Bin City and Jian City, which were the closest to Dashun, he placed his own people there. Unfortunately, Bin City was not defended and was schemed against by Xuan Tianhua. This Jian City definitely could not be lost. Of course, the most important thing was to ensure his own safety. That Princess Ji An who was rumoured to appear and disappear mysteriously, he did not believe that she would be able to come and go as she pleased while hiding in this kind of place.
At that time, a subordinate reported: "There are a total of seven hundred and one wells in Jian City, there are two hundred thousand Zong Sui soldiers. Our men and horses will only be able to gather in three days. May I ask Lord, what are the arrangements after this?"
Duan Mu An Guo narrowed his eyes and was playing with a luminous pearl that was guarded in Zuo Da's secret room. Hearing this, he immediately ordered: "Take action tonight. Throw the things into all the wells. Do not throw too much at once. Set a time limit of three days, increase the dosage bit by bit. Ensure that after three days, everyone in the city will not be able to get rid of the Carefree Blissful Powder."
The subordinate nodded and asked again: "Then what about the prefect's manor?"
"Same." Duan Mu An Guo waved his hand and said: "What I want is for everyone in Jian City to be of use to me. I want everyone, including young children and old women in their eighties. Of course, it also includes everyone in the prefect's manor. Being able to serve Zong Sui, being able to contribute their strength to protect the country, this should be something that they should be most proud of. As for our people, distribute the antidote and ensure their safety. "
Duan Mu An Guo's deployment brought a destructive disaster to this city. But he did not care. In order to realize his own great cause, in order to satisfy those unrealistic fantasies of his, for his so-called Duan Mu family's future, he had always been unscrupulous. He never cared how many people would lose their lives under his crazy actions. To him, the people who built the city were not even worth grass. They were just tools in his plan. Once he finished using them, he could casually abandon them.
Xuan Tianming explored the prefect's manor that night. Following the location of the secret room that Bai Ze gave him during the day, he kept watch outside for most of the night but did not discover any movement from that hidden wall. There was not even a guard at the door. He almost thought that Bai Ze saw wrongly. Feeling helpless, he searched around the prefect's manor again and found a place that was tightly guarded. After infiltrating it with great difficulty, the person sleeping inside was actually the prefect, Zuo Da. He also found a secret cave and infiltrated it, discovering that Zuo Da's son was having a private meeting with Zuo Da's concubine inside.
Xuan Tianming was a little impatient and was about to leave when he heard Zuo Da's son, Zuo Da Sheng, speak up: "That Old Man Duan Mu who came today is really strange. After coming in, who knows where he hid, like a mouse. I asked my father but he did not say anything. I really do not know if he came to lead soldiers to war or to come to our Zuo family to eat and drink. "
Xuan Tianming shook his head internally and left. It seemed that Duan Mu An Guo had hidden very well. That secret room was most likely a smokescreen and his actual hiding place was definitely not there. He could turn on the mechanism and go inside to take a look, but if there was someone inside, it would be very easy for him to be exposed. Now was not the time for him to be exposed. He needed to wait for A-Heng. When that girl arrived, he could secretly go inside to investigate.
Under the watchful eyes of countless hidden guards, Xuan Tianming left. When he left the prefect's manor, he smiled bitterly. He had been practicing martial arts since he was a child. On the day he finished his apprenticeship, his master was defeated by him. Even if this was the case, he still lost to Xuan Tian Hua in Bin City. However, that palm did not destroy the brotherhood between them. On the contrary, it made this family bond even tighter. An older brother who could risk his life for him, what reason did he have to sit back and enjoy the fruits of his labor and abandon him?
On the way back to his residence, Xuan Tianming discovered a very strange phenomenon. Tonight's construction of the city did not seem to be peaceful. There were too many hidden guards moving through the night. He had only gone around two streets and had already discovered at least twenty people. At first, he thought it was a precaution because of the war. He also thought that Duan Mu An Guo was being cautious, just in case. But the more he walked, the more he felt that something was not quite right. Because he discovered that the hidden guards seemed to have a goal in mind. And that goal was the various wells in the city.
In large manors and courtyards, almost every house had hidden guards infiltrating. When they came out, they would rush to the next house. The wells in the small houses were deep in the alleys and were shared by everyone. Naturally, there were people who went to those wells. When they arrived, they would take out a small paper bag from their bosom and pour all the white powder inside it into the well.
Xuan Tianming followed two hidden guards. After following a few streets, he discovered that their actions were very similar. They would find wells and pour the powder in. There was no communication during the process. There was also no hesitation. After pouring the powder into a well, they would immediately rush to the next one. It was very orderly.
He was very confused. Finding a well, he used the antidote that he carried with him to test it. He discovered that there was no poison. But he also remembered that Feng Yu Heng had said that whether or not there was poison could not be tested by using a silver tool. There were too many poisons in this world that silver tools would not react to, but they could still take a person's life.
Was it poisoning? He stared at the deep well in front of him. He could not understand. If it was poisoning, then who was it that spread the poison on such a large scale? Based on his estimations, after this night's events, basically all the wells in the city would be filled with this white powder. The well water was for the citizens to eat and use. This also meant that it was very possible that tomorrow morning, all the citizens in this city would be poisoned to death. The city would become a dead city.
Thinking of this, his figure moved and he actually returned to the Prefect's manor. The Prefect's manor was not small. There were a few wells inside. When Xuan Tianming arrived, a hidden guard had just thrown a bag of white powder into the last well. Then he left the manor in a flash.
He was even more confused. Even the Prefect's manor was not let off. It was very obvious that it was not someone from Zong Sui. And now, the side that was opposing Zong Sui was Dashun. Dashun had even taken down one of Zong Sui's cities. Could it be that it was done by one of their own?
The moment this thought arose, it was immediately rejected by him. Impossible, Seventh Brother had the world in his heart. It was impossible for him to do such a thing that harmed the citizens. But if it was not done by one of their own, who could it be? Who hated Zong Sui to the point that they wanted to poison all the citizens in the city?
Xuan Tianming did not remain idle that night. He explored the Prefect's manor twice and chased after the mysterious hidden guard in the city, watching them put poison into the wells. In the end, he even followed them into the military camp of the soldiers who were stationed to build the city. He found that the wells there were all poisoned without exception.
He was shocked that the other party was so generous. He was also anxious about what would happen if all the citizens in the city woke up early the next morning to drink water? But he could not save all the people in the city. Even if he did not consider whether going door to door would attract the attention of the poisoner. He also did not have the time to save so many citizens. Seeing the east turn white, Xuan Tianming thought, maybe, this was the fate of the people who built the city? Then would Duanmu Anguo who came here yesterday fall for this?
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