When he finally returned to his residence and saw Bai Ze, the first thing he said was, "Inform everyone that they are not to drink the water from the well. From now on, they are not to touch a single drop."
Bai Ze was surprised and asked, "Master, did you discover something?"
"Someone threw something into all the wells in the city. I don't know what it is, but the water from the wells definitely can't be drunk. If the water can't be eaten, then we can't make food. Take out all the food that Heng Zheng left in the carriage and distribute it to everyone. We'll see how things go in the next few days. "
Bai Ze was shocked. Something had been thrown into all the wells in the city. Didn't that mean that they wanted to kill all the people in the city? "Who is so ruthless? There are more than three hundred thousand people in the city. Who doesn't drink water? If they all die … … that's too scary. " He didn't dare to imagine. He quickly followed Xuan Tianming's instructions to wake everyone up. Then, he arranged for the remaining food in the carriage to be moved out.
These people were usually ordinary people in the city. With the arrival of Xuan Tianming, they immediately recovered their hidden identities and gathered around Xuan Tianming. Since the horizon had just begun to brighten, they had been waiting quietly. It was only when the first rays of the morning sun had risen, when the roosters crowed three times, when the voices of the people who had risen early could be heard outside the courtyard, that someone walked out. Pretending to be taking a stroll, they walked around the surrounding alleyways. When he came back, he said, "It doesn't seem to be any different from usual. This subordinate also saw people carrying water. The old couple at the breakfast stall even boiled the water from the well and soaked it in tea foam. They sold it to passersby for five copper coins a bowl. No one drank anything out of the ordinary."
"Oh?" Xuan Tianming was a little surprised. Although he was relieved that no one in the city was poisoned to death, there was no change at all. This kind of situation made him feel a little uneasy.
"Master, do we need to use water?" Bai Ze asked him, "There are fourteen of us in total. The food in the carriage can only last us through tonight. There won't be anything to eat tomorrow." The most hateful thing in the world was a lack of water. Even if there was a lack of food, there were other things that could replace it. Only when there was a lack of water, there was no other way. He sighed: "With Zong Sui's weather, even the snow cannot stand, if this is the northern border of Dashun, if well water is not enough, snow water can still be used, but the snow in Zong Sui is so small, it melts immediately when it lands on the ground, it really cannot be used."
As he spoke, Xuan Tianming continued to frown. That purple lotus was beautiful and in full bloom. It was obviously very beautiful, but looking at it still made one's heart turn cold. He said to everyone, "Don't use it, absolutely not. It's fine now, but that doesn't mean it will always be fine. Before we find out what was poured into the well, the well water must not be drunk. "
"Then should I capture someone tonight and ask him?" Bai Ze said, "Didn't Master say that there were many secret guards on the move? I'll catch one and ask him. "
"You can try." Xuan Tianming said, "The secret guards on the move, if I did not count wrongly, there should be 27 of them. If you can capture them without alerting the enemy, I will record this as a great merit. "
Bai Ze clicked his tongue, not alerting the enemy? How was that possible. One person was suddenly missing, even a ghost would know that something must have gone wrong. "But if I don't capture them and ask them, are we going to continue waiting like this?"
"At most two days, Heng Zheng should be here." Xuan Tianming said, "Wait for her to come and see what is in the water."
Bai Ze then relaxed. That's right! Their Princess Consort was a divine doctor! Once the divine doctor came, she would be able to tell if there was poison in the water at a glance. Two days was two days, so what if people who practiced martial arts had to wait for two days?
That night, not a single one of the fourteen people slept. They all used their own methods to hide in the shadows and stare at the well in the courtyard. Just after one in the morning, they saw a black clothed person quickly dash into the courtyard. He then poured a bag of white powdery substance into the well water. Then, with another flash, he disappeared.
Bai Ze pursed his lips. He was also a person with excellent qinggong. If he went to chase, he might not be able to catch up, much less catch one. He couldn't help but feel ashamed of the big words he had said during the day. He thought to himself, if Ban Zou was here, his movements would be comparable to that person's.
The black clothed person left, and the fourteen people in the shadows, including Xuan Tianming, all appeared. They all surrounded the well. Bai Ze carried a bucket of water over. Using the moonlight, they saw that the well water was no different from normal. The white powdery substance that was poured in completely dissolved, leaving no trace behind.
Everyone was shocked, and they were even more certain that they could not drink the well water.
For two nights in a row, there were people who put strange things into the wells in the city, but the citizens of the city still did not hear of anyone showing signs of being poisoned. The medical centers in the city also did not have any suspicious cases.
However, this was all an illusion. Just as Bai Ze was anxiously waiting for Feng Yu Heng to quickly come, they still discovered something strange.
"Master." A hidden guard who had gone out for a "stroll" came back to report to Xuan Tianming. "There seems to be something wrong." He began to talk about what he had just seen on the streets: "When this subordinate passed by a well, I saw people lining up to carry water. There was one person who carried four buckets of water in one go. The load was about to break, but he didn't feel tired at all. And the person who carried the water looked to be close to fifty years old. He was very old. In addition, he also saw a robust man chopping firewood in front of the door. The axe accidentally chopped his hand. A piece of flesh was clearly cut off, but he only wiped it on his clothes twice. There was no sign of pain at all. Even a two-year-old child in his family's courtyard fell down while running. His lower jaw hit a stone and bled, but the child didn't cry. Instead, he got up with a smile and continued to run and jump. This subordinate feels that something is not right. "
Not only was something not right, it was simply too wrong! Xuan Tianming asked another person who had also returned from a stroll in the city: "What did you see?"
That person thought for a moment and said: "This subordinate saw that the people carrying water were different from before. In the past, although there were times when people lined up to pick books, there were not many of them. There was also no one who couldn't help but drink a mouthful of water. Now that it was winter, the water was filled with ice, but they did not feel cold at all. Each and every one of them drank very happily. This subordinate saw the way they drank the water. They seemed to be enjoying it, as if they were tasting the most delicious food in the world. It did not seem like they were drinking the most ordinary cold water. "
"This … …" Xuan Tianming began to ponder. An incomplete idea flashed through his mind, but he felt that it was too crazy and unrealistic.
He suddenly stood up, scaring Bai Ze, "Where is Master going?"
"Out of the city." As he walked, he said, "Your wangfei will definitely arrive today if nothing unexpected happens. Let's go out of the city to receive her, lest she mistakenly drinks the city's water when she enters the city. That would be troublesome."
He left twelve hidden guards to continue observing the movements in the city, while he took Bai Ze to the West Gate. He was a bit anxious. If he guessed correctly, the powder that was thrown into the well should be something similar to the Carefree Powder. He was not afraid of poison. If it was poison, Feng Yu Heng could still cure it. But if it really was something like the Carefree Powder, Feng Yu Heng would also be helpless. If that girl felt thirsty after entering the city and drank a mouthful of tea, then it would be a big problem.
His heart was anxious, and his footsteps quickened, almost to the point of a jog. Riding a horse was not allowed in the city because only the influential people would ride on the streets. If he rode a horse, it would be too eye-catching. But even so, it still attracted the attention of many people. Among them was a group of officials patrolling the city. When they saw the two of them in a hurry and looking unfamiliar, they wanted to go forward to stop them and ask. The person in charge even took a step forward, but at this moment, for some reason, he suddenly stopped. His expression was very painful, and he did not know where to put his hands, so he kept scratching his face.
There was another person like him, who also looked like he was in pain, but that person was clearly more clear-headed than him. At this moment, he just happened to see someone carrying water on the street. He directly rushed over, snatched the water bucket, and knelt on the ground, directly burying his head in to drink.
The person from before also reacted, quickly snatching to drink the water. And Xuan Tianming brought Bai Ze and rushed past them in the time it took for them to drink the water. When they had drunk enough and came back to their senses, they wanted to find the two suspicious people, but they had already disappeared.
Unfortunately, Xuan Tianming was still one step too late. When they reached the west city gate, they actually found that the city gate was tightly shut in broad daylight. Many people surrounded this place, waiting to leave the city. But they heard from the officials guarding the city that Dashun would send troops to invade in the next few days, and it was very dangerous to leave the city. The four city gates of Jian City would be closed, and as for when they would be opened again, they still had to wait for the Prefect's notice.
And at this moment, using the matter of the city gates being closed, a large number of people actually started to wander around and discuss political matters. Those people talked about how Dashun attacked Zong Sui, about how Dashun took down Bin City, about how most of the people in Bin City lost their homes and were displaced. They also talked about how Dashun would come to Jian City very soon, slaughter the people, steal their belongings, and make this Jian City the next Bin City.
The people were angered by these words, as if Dashun had dug up their ancestral graves, all of them clamoring to kill their way to Bin City, to chase the Dashun traitors out of Zong Sui.
And during this period, there would always be people who suddenly had a pained expression, there would always be people looking around for water to drink. Those people who drank the water would immediately be energized, as if they had been injected with chicken blood, immediately throwing themselves into the shouts of resisting Dashun.
The tide of people surged out from all directions of Jian City, gradually gathering towards the center of the city. Xuan Tianming was squeezed out of the crowd and watched from afar. He saw that the Zhizhou of Jian City, Zuo Da, was also in the crowd, shouting all kinds of inspiring slogans with the people, but his eyes were shining brightly, completely unlike the turbid and dazed eyes of the others.
He said to Bai Ze: "Keep an eye on Zuo Da, he doesn't seem to have drunk the water in the city." After saying this, he raised his head to look at the tall city walls. It was broad daylight, the city gates were tightly shut, it would be very difficult for him to go out. Luckily, even if Feng Yu Heng used her space to enter the city, she would be able to immediately discover the abnormality in the city and would contact him immediately. He prayed in his heart that even if that girl was thirsty, she would drink the water in her space, the water source for Jian City must not be touched.
At this moment, Feng Yu Heng was rushing towards Jian City with a dark expression … …
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