After listening to Zhang Zhiyuan's report, Lin Yu nodded.

More than a thousand people were infected in half a day. This is definitely not an ordinary poison. It is normal that it cannot be detected for a while.

He did not blame Zhang Zhiyuan, but instead praised him, saying, "You handled this accident very promptly, preventing more people from suffering. Don't worry, I am now in Xidu, and I am the person in charge. I will take full responsibility for the accident!"

Lin Yu was well-versed in the rules of the officialdom of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Any major incident can have a significant impact on the careers of local officials. The consequences range from minor reprimands and demerits to outright dismissal and the end of their careers.

This is also the main reason why many officials cover up incidents and evade responsibility as soon as they encounter them.

As soon as Lin Yu said this, Zhang Zhiyuan felt relieved.

Although he didn't care much about the title, he was ambitious and naturally wanted to do a good job. He immediately gave Lin Yu a grateful look, "Thank you, Inspector Lin!"

"It's alright, let's go, let's go take a look at that well!" Lin Yu suggested.

Zhang Zhiyuan was stunned. "Uh, Inspector Lin, the source of infection is no joke. It's full of viruses. We just received a report that two experts wearing protective suits have been infected. You should..."

Lin Yu waved his hand and smiled, "It's nothing, just a virus, it can't do anything to me! Let's go!"

After Lin Yu finished speaking, he didn't wait for Zhang Zhiyuan's response and strode forward.

Feng Jiu and Liu Hao quickly followed.

Zhang Zhiyuan reluctantly followed, and Chen Ning naturally did the same.

However, the other officials hid in the back, hesitant to step forward.

After all, this is a matter of life and death; who would dare to joke about their own life?

Zhang Zhiyuan turned around and glared at him. "What are you all standing there for? Didn't you see that the Imperial Inspector himself went to investigate? Are your lives more precious than the Imperial Inspector's?"

Lin Yu waved his hand, "Forget it, don't make things difficult for them!"

In the end, only a few of them came to the tap water well.

At this moment, the well is surrounded by professionals in protective suits, including water quality experts, infectious disease experts, and virus experts, all of whom are studying their own projects.

At this moment, however, they have not been able to detect anything about the water quality, infectious diseases, or viruses.

Upon seeing Zhang Zhiyuan approach, they quickly straightened up.

"Zhang Shi!"

Zhang Zhiyuan nodded and introduced to everyone, "This is Inspector Lin. The Inspector has come to the site in person to investigate. You must report the facts truthfully!"

"Master Patroller?"

Everyone was shocked, never expecting that this young man was actually the legendary Imperial Inspector of Eight Prefectures.

An expert hurriedly said, "Your Excellency, why did you come without protective clothing? This well is really strange. Two of our comrades were infected even though they were wearing protective suits. You are of extremely high health..."

Lin Yu waved his hand and asked directly, "I'm fine. Have you found anything from your investigation?"

The experts exchanged glances, and one of them, who was in charge of the water quality survey, said, "We have already tested the water quality. Although it is slightly below the standard, it is still barely up to standard! It shouldn't be due to water pollution!"

Another infectious disease expert added, "We've already done pathogen testing, and it doesn't seem to be a virus issue!"

Finally, a slightly overweight expert said, "We did find some laxatives in the well, such as croton seeds, but these kinds of laxatives are unlikely to cause serious harm to the human body, let alone cause an outbreak of infectious dysentery. Besides, the water is flowing; half a day of flow is enough to dilute the drug's effects, so the harm to people is negligible. We really can't figure it out!"

"oh?"

After listening to the experts' descriptions, Lin Yu couldn't help but frown.

If the water quality is fine and the virus test results are normal, then what exactly is the problem?

I thought it was just a simple case of someone poisoning people, but I never expected things to be so complicated!

He walked alone to the well and squinted as he looked into it.

After a moment, he looked at Zhang Zhiyuan with a glint in his eyes and said, "There's something in the well. Send someone down to retrieve it for me!"

Zhang Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment. He was about to turn around and make arrangements when he realized that those good-for-nothings hadn't come along.

Lin Yu shook his head. "Never mind, Liu Hao, you can go downstairs now!"

Liu Hao's expression froze for a moment.

Holy crap! You really don't treat me like an outsider!

Feng Jiu's lips curled up slightly. "Don't worry, my master knows what he's doing and won't let you go to your death!"

Liu Hao's expression remained grim, but now that he was under Lin Yu's roof, his life was in Lin Yu's hands, and he couldn't resist even if he wanted to. Besides, he felt that his Liu family was still useful to Lin Yu, and the other party would certainly not let him get into trouble easily.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth, took off his coat, and plunged into the well with a splash.

After a while, everyone was starting to have doubts.

Glug!

Liu Hao's head popped out of the water, and he threw out a piece of dead wood.

Everyone quickly dodged, staring in shock at the ground.

Liu Hao shook the water off his head and said, "There's nothing down there, just this piece of wood! You must be seeing things."

Lin Yu didn't say anything, but bent down to take a look, then stood up again and crushed the dead wood with a crack.

After being crushed, white, maggot-like creatures swarmed out and fled in all directions.

Lin Yu's expression changed, and he clenched his fist, instantly suppressing the maggots and gathering them all back. However, these maggots, exposed to the air, seemed unable to survive for long; they visibly dried out and turned to ash.

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