Tong City had already been sealed, on the day that Jian City was massacred, Duanmu Anguo's one hundred thousand personal guards arrived one after another, bringing along a mysterious thing, starting to tighten up their deployment outside the city.
No one knew what those things were. They only saw the bodyguards digging the ground as if they were plowing a field and then burying those things. After that, they closed the city gates. No one was allowed to leave the city. There was also a checkpoint set up five li outside the city. No one was allowed to take a step closer.
At that time, the news of Jian City being massacred had not reached Tong City, the news of Jian City's well water having a problem had not reached Tong City, the people only knew that Zong Sui had started a war with Dashun, closing the city was to ensure their safety, so they were not too surprised, and did not resist too much. Even though their lives became inconvenient, compared to suffering the disturbance of war, their lives were more important.
But in just a few days, for some reason, even if the city gates were closed, the news of Jian City's end still reached Tong City.
This caused a huge commotion in Tong City, in an instant, the fear of a massacre spread throughout the entire Tong City, becoming a topic that everyone had to talk about. Very quickly, the heat of the massacre had not dissipated, the news of Duanmu Anguo throwing Corpse Powder into the well water also spread, while the people were still in a state of shock, another wave of panic arose.
The citizens no longer dared to drink the water from the well, but they could not die of thirst, many people thought of the large river outside the city, the large river that flowed from south to north was both wide and deep, the river water was extremely clear, the people of Tong City would always go to the river to play in the summer, that water could be drunk when scooped up, it was as sweet as a mountain spring.
The river water was flowing water, there were doctors in the medical hall who told everyone, flowing water could not contain poison, even if it was poisoned, it was fine, it would quickly dissipate along with the flow, no longer having any toxicity. Therefore, the people wanted to go to the large river outside the city to get water to drink, there were even wealthy families who set up carriages, many large wooden buckets were placed on the carriages, preparing to transport water to their manors.
However, Tong City was sealed, no one could get out. With Duanmu Anguo's one hundred thousand personal guards personally standing guard, the original soldiers guarding Tong City were all taken away. The citizens could not get out of the city, cursing Duanmu Anguo angrily, but the personal guards acted like they did not hear it, guarding the city gates stubbornly, not opening them.
The commoners were helpless and gathered at the entrance of the Prefect's Office to sound the drums for help.
Prefect Tian Ping had also been worried about the water source over the past few days. He had personally gone to negotiate with Duan Mu An Guo's personal guards a number of times. Unfortunately, he had returned without success. Now that the commoners were enraged and had surrounded the Prefect Manor, Tian Ping had no choice but to face the Personal Guards once more.
This time, Tian Ping was also furious. This was because the people of the Prefect's Office also did not dare to drink the water from the well. After all, when they thought of the horror of the Walking Corpse Powder, which was even more terrifying than a highly poisonous medicine, they felt a chill all over their body. Even if the guards assured them that there was no problem with the well water in Tong City, the people were still worried.
Tian Ping pointed at the lieutenant and shouted angrily, "Since you said that the well water is fine, then fine. Your bodyguards will go and test the water first. You have to drink from every well in the city. Only if you are fine after drinking it will the people of Tong City dare to drink it!" He was so angry that his hands were trembling. He could not help but say a few more words, "We built the city for 300,000 people! It's all because of you! There's also that army of 200 thousand. Not a single one was able to escape Duan Mu An Guo's vicious hands. Why are you so vicious? Since you want every citizen to be a soldier, why don't your people drink it? Why do you only let the people of Zong Sui drink it? "
The lieutenant snorted coldly, looking at Tian Ping, he said: "Lord Prefect, if you want to ask this, you should ask our General. There is no use in asking General Mo. But speaking of which, you are just hearing rumors. The citizens of Tong City were massacred by Dashun. What does it have to do with our General? Who can prove that our Lord drugged them first? "Hmph! There was no one left in Tong City. The corpses were all burned by Xuan Tianming. The dead told no tales.
Tian Ping glared fiercely at that lieutenant, but he could not say anything in response. Indeed, the news was all hearsay. As for who was the first person to spread the news, they could not say clearly. In short, this matter spread throughout the entire city overnight. Thinking about it carefully now, it seemed like someone did it on purpose.
But no matter what, this news was already known by everyone. In order to quell the panic of the citizens and not cause an even greater disturbance, Tian Ping knew that he had to force these personal guards to personally test the water. Otherwise, Tong City would not be safe.
The personal guards had no choice. Tian Ping was a local official after all. In addition, with so many citizens speaking out, they did not want to cause trouble before Duan Mu An Guo arrived. Either way, the well water was fine, so they followed Tian Ping's instructions and led the army to drink a few mouthfuls of well water. The citizens saw that they dared to drink it, and it was fine after drinking it. Only then did they stop making a fuss about leaving the city. They continued to drink the water in the city.
Duan Mu An Guo arrived in Tong City a few days later. The citizens snorted at him. It was not as glorious as when he first arrived to build the city. Not only was there no one welcoming him warmly, there were even people who pointed at him and cursed. But Duan Mu An Guo did not care. He just wanted to use this Tong City to complete his plan to fight against Xuan Tian Ming and Feng Yu Heng. He did not care at all about what these citizens thought. Once he won this battle, these citizens could be buried with Da Shun's destruction. He definitely would not allow this Tong City to continue to exist unharmed.
This time, Duan Mu An Guo did not live in the prefect's manor. Instead, he chose another house. That house was originally the residence of one of his personal guards hidden in Tong City. Not only did it have three entrances and three exits on the surface, there were also countless tunnels and secret chambers. Duan Mu An Guo lived in a very safe place. Not only could outsiders not find him, even his own people did not know which secret chamber Duan Mu An Guo was in or which tunnel he was in before they received a definite answer.
Just like what Zuo Da said, he was like a rat, guarding against Feng Yu Heng to a perverted extent. Even when he slept, he needed at least ten secret guards to protect him. Otherwise, he would not be safe.
In fact, Duan Mu An Guo himself did not understand why he was so afraid. Even if Feng Yu Heng had some skills, at most, her qinggong was better. But even if she was so good that people said she could appear and disappear like a ghost, she could not break through the wall and enter, right? Why was he so afraid that he had to lock himself in a windowless basement? Regarding this, he had asked himself many times and advised himself many times, but he could not convince himself to live in a house above ground.
Tian Ping was summoned the day after Duan Mu An Guo entered the city. He stood in front of Duan Mu An Guo without much energy. He was not as flattering as Zuo Da and did not even speak humbly. He only said to Duan Mu An Guo: "This Official will not participate in the war. Tong City has an army of one hundred thousand. According to the Emperor's orders, all of them will listen to your orders. But Lord Duan Mu, please do not harm the citizens of Tong City. Otherwise, even if this Official does not want my old life, I will lead the citizens of the city to fight Lord to the end!"
Duan Mu An Guo laughed loudly after hearing this. In his view, Tian Ping was just a small prefect, yet he dared to say such big words? He did not care about this kind of small official at all, only telling Tian Ping: "This General will convey Prefect Tian's words to the Emperor word for word."
"Up to you." Tian Ping waved his hand and snorted coldly: "Your grievances could not be resolved in Dashun and were brought to Zong Sui. You are a person from Dashun and actually brought such a disaster to Zong Sui. If the Emperor does not wake up, then there is no point in me being a disaster official. If he wants to demote, then demote, if he wants to kill, then kill! It's just that, Duan Mu An Guo, I must remind you, Zong Sui does not only serve you alone. Even if you have lofty aspirations, there is no reason to drag in the people of Zong Sui to help you achieve it. Bin City is muddle-headed, Jian City is muddle-headed, my Tong City is not muddle-headed at all. After Tong City, not every city can be manipulated by you. Duan Mu An Guo, you know your own limits. "
After Tian Ping finished speaking, he turned and left. In the end, he came back after walking a few rounds. This tunnel was complicated. He actually did not manage to successfully go around it based on his memory when he came in.
Duan Mu An Guo laughed loudly after seeing this, pointing at Tian Ping and saying: "You can't even walk out of my territory, yet you still dare to boast so boldly. Prefect Tian, you should be the one who knows your own limits. Cooperate with This General obediently, only then can you ensure the safety of your Tong City's citizens. Or else … … "
"Or else you will also feed us that kind of medicine? Duan Mu An Guo, do you believe that even if the citizens of Tong City really ate that kind of medicine, our spearhead will be pointed at you and not Dashun? The citizens of Tong City are very clear-headed, we know who is the source of the disaster. "
Duan Mu An Guo really did not expect that Zong Sui would have such a staunch prefect. Tian Ping allowed him to see a different local official. He was different from Bin City and Jian City, he was also different from those officials in Dashun. He did not like this kind of official, but now was not the time to get rid of Tian Ping. He would not kill the officials of Zong Sui. Even if he wanted Tian Ping to die, he would need to borrow the hands of Dashun's people. Luckily, this day was not far away. He laughed sinisterly, as long as Xuan Tianming's army invaded, he had at least 80% confidence that he would be able to make them all stay. As long as Dashun did not have Xuan Tianming and Feng Yu Heng, and severely injured Xuan Tianhua, he did not believe that there would be anyone who could be his, Duan Mu An Guo's, opponent.
Coming out from Duan Mu An Guo's "rat's" hole, Tian Ping returned to the prefect's manor. The moment he entered the manor, he saw the housekeeper reprimanding a young servant. That young servant knelt on the ground and wiped her tears, saying: "Housekeeper Lin, it is all my fault, I did not take good care of Young Miss. But Housekeeper, please do not chase me away, I still want to serve Young Miss, Young Miss cannot not have a caring person by her side! "
The housekeeper stomped his feet in anger: "I know that you and Young Miss have a deep relationship, but it is also because of this that I have no choice but to lecture you. The one Young Miss trusts the most is you, if even you cannot take good care of her, who else can do her best? Tong City has been in a mess recently, Master has been busy with work all day and is in a terrible fix, us servants must serve our Masters even more carefully, only then can Master be at ease! " After he finished speaking, he helplessly helped that young servant up, "Alright, I am just scaring you, Young Miss loves you so much, how can I chase you away just like that? Go and do your work! When the doctor comes later, let him take a good look, don't fall anywhere. "
Tian Ping's heart tightened, asking loudly: "Did Young Miss fall again?"
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