Seeing the two sabers fall to the ground, Lu Cai only had time to sigh "Tsk", and then looked up at Shi Rukui with a somewhat playful look on his face.

Shi Rukui met her gaze: "Lu Cai?"

"It's me." Lu Cai touched his nose, remembering that she had tied him up when they separated not long ago.

The little Taoist nun behind him rubbed her face and stuck her head out: "Lu Cai, you are so majestic!" with a bright smile on her face.

Lu Cai quickly said, "These two are guards from the Princess's mansion. They are here to help me at the Princess's command."

"Princess?" Yue Xiaoyan came out.

"Players." Lu Cai looked at the crowd inside the clinic. "What's going on?"

Four or five farmers surrounded a man. He was in his prime, dressed in coarse cloth and looked very strong. But he was curled up in pain, and a doctor from a medical clinic was nearby, treating his injuries.

"He's been poisoned. It seems he was bitten by an insect!" Yue Xiaoyan quickly explained. "Shi Rukui and I were on our way through the countryside when we saw him collapsed on a ridge. After checking, we found he was poisoned."

Her voice trailed off. "Shi Rukui tried to use his healing powers, but there was no improvement. So I gave him two blood-restoring pills, and they said I poisoned him! What good would poisoning him do me?"

A woman over there started cursing, "You little nun, you're so young, walking in the wilderness with a man. Who knows what shameful things you're doing? My man saw you and wanted to kill you to silence you!"

Yue Xiaoyan was not good at arguing, and her face immediately turned red.

"Madam, you should base your actions and words on facts—" Shi Rukui also frowned after hearing this.

"You are not her mistress, why are you protecting her so much!" The lady was completely unreasonable.

Judge Lu couldn't stand it any longer and said, "To accuse someone of murder without any solid evidence is a false accusation and must be sentenced." He heard this from two scholars who were arguing on the street the other day.

She was already a fiery-tempered woman, and hearing this made her even more furious. But the girl in the red cloak couldn't be seen clearly, and her tone was a bit cold and hard to discern. Her slow words had a creepy quality to them.

The woman swallowed, but ultimately did not speak again.

Lu Cai approached slowly. The two palace guards had already picked up their swords and followed her.

"What do you want to do!" the woman said sternly when she saw her raising her hand towards the injured person.

She wanted to reach out to block it, but a light red barrier in front of her blocked her, and everyone around her exclaimed.

"Save him." Lu Cai replied coldly, then put his hand on the injured man's forehead.

After analyzing his entire body data, Lu Cai's eyes fell on his waist and back, where there was a bulging abscess, which was the wound caused by an insect bite.

Seeing her notice the abscess, the doctor beside her began to explain: "There was no abscess when he was brought in just now. Who knew that in just a short while, the pus would swell up so much..."

"Because the stuff inside can't get in, it can only move out." Lu Cai looked at the abscess, put his hand on the edge of the abscess, and injected a stream of red liquid.

The man immediately screamed in pain, and the woman next to him also shouted "Murder, murder", which attracted a lot of people.

The doctor on the side saw that Lu Cai seemed to be saving someone, and wanted to ask her if she could relieve the patient's pain, but when he saw the face that was difficult to distinguish under the red cloak, he held back.

Gradually, the surface of the abscess began to undulate, causing the people around to gasp. Soon, the skin of the abscess burst, and dark yellow pus mixed with dark blood flowed out from the ruptured seam.

Then a fist-sized creature struggled under the thin skin, a faint red light first emerged from the crack, followed by a tightly tied white scorpion.

The onlookers exclaimed and took a few steps back.

Seeing the scorpion, Lu Cai immediately frowned. He was attacked in the wild, which meant there were bigger ones out there!

"Please bandage him, sir." Lu Cai made way for the doctor.

The scorpion was wrapped in red light and half suspended in the air. Lu Cai took out a small lunch bag, threw the handkerchief inside back into the card slot, opened the small lunch bag and put the scorpion in.

"It was this scorpion that killed people!" Yue Xiaoyan came closer, feeling a little guilty, "We didn't even check it out."

"If it weren't for your pills and Shi Rukui's healing power, the patient might have stood up as usual—" Lu Cai joked.

"Ah?" Yue Xiaoyan didn't understand.

Cai Lu shook the small lunch bag in his hand and said, "This thing likes to wear human skin."

Yue Xiaoyan's face turned pale, as if she was imagining what this scorpion would look like in human skin.

"Where did you find the injured?" Lu Cai stopped joking. "Maybe there's a mature scorpion there..."

......

After sending Ercheng back to report the news, Lu Cai took Dacheng with him and followed Shi Rukui and Yue Xiaoyan to the farm outside the city.

On the way there, Lu Cai told the two of them the story about the scorpion monster in detail.

After hearing this, Yue Xiaoyan sighed, "A few days ago, we were still talking about how weird this dungeon was. There were no hints, so we were just wandering around aimlessly."

Outside the city, there are stretches of fertile farmland. The sun is shining, the breeze is blowing gently, and the green grass leaves are bent down by the wind.

The group rushed to the place where the farmer was injured. Lu Cai walked up to the ridge of the field and looked carefully along the edge of the field.

It is impossible for such a big scorpion monster to move around in the farmland without leaving any trace.

The others also scattered and checked the farmland, but unfortunately found nothing.

"If the scorpion monster disguises itself as a human and walks on the farmland, it won't be discovered." When the few people got together, Shi Rukui saw that everyone was a little disappointed, so he comforted them with a few words.

Lu Cai nodded. "Indeed, we still don't know enough about the scorpion monster. Let's go back to the Princess Mansion and see what's going on with Qin Yu."

As he was speaking, Ercheng arrived on horseback. Lu Cai then noticed that it was almost dusk, and thought Qin Yu must have heard the news.

Ercheng jumped off his horse and bowed to Lu Cai, "Miss Lu, the princess has been summoned to the palace. She's been told that the empress dowager misses her and can't leave for the time being."

Lu Cai looked up, and many guesses connected into one line, and he figured out many things in an instant.

She turned to the side, and Dacheng understood what she meant and immediately replied, "I will have someone keep an eye on the situation in this area, but the Princess's Mansion has limited guards, so they may not be able to keep an eye on it. Unless..."

"Unless what?" Lu Cai was a little suspicious about his proposal.

"Unless we report it to Jingzhao Prefecture and ask the government to send people to strictly monitor and investigate, but if they intervene, it will be difficult for the Princess's Mansion to intervene." Dacheng knew that the Princess trusted Miss Lu, and since the Princess was not there, he no longer hid it.

Lu Cai lowered his eyes. It was indeed troublesome that the Princess's Mansion could not intervene, but this matter involved the safety of many innocent people, so he could no longer care about personal gains and losses.

"Report this to Jingzhao Prefecture first. Whether we intervene or not is not something that can be decided by Jingzhao Prefecture alone."

The great achievement should be.

"You two should follow Dacheng back to the Princess's Mansion first. I need to go somewhere." Lu Cai did not intend to hide it. "This farm belongs to the Marquis' Mansion. I plan to go and take a look."

"Okay, be careful." Yue Xiaoyan believed Lu Cai and didn't plan to ask any more questions.

Lu Cai took the small lunch bag and handed it to Yue Xiaoyan: "Take this back and keep an eye on it. Dacheng and the others know how to deal with it—"

In the past few days, Qin Yu has been preparing a site for studying the scorpion monster. Now that he has a specimen, it is a good opportunity to try out the equipment in the Princess Mansion.

——

At this time, the sky gradually darkened, the street lights were lit, there were still some people on the streets, and the taverns were filled with ordinary people who were busy all day.

Lu Cai stood at the gate of the marquis's mansion, looking up at the majestic plaque on the door.

If she climbed over the wall and entered the mansion, the secret guards with scorpion tattoos would definitely discover her whereabouts immediately, so it would be better for her to visit him in person. After all, she was wearing a red cloak and was not afraid of being recognized.

Lu Cai went forward and knocked on the door, and soon a servant came to open it.

The gatekeeper glanced at Lu Cai and didn't recognize her. "Excuse me, who are you?"

"Could you please report to me, big brother, that the four scorpions outside Wangxiang Tower have been added to the wine and it tastes delicious." Lu Cai said with a smile.

The servant was puzzled, but did not dare to act on his own. He just said "wait a moment" and closed the door.

There was the sound of footsteps running away.

Lu Cai stood at the doorway, turning to gaze out at the street. The high gate of the mansion afforded a clear view, and few dared to set up stalls there, making it seem exceptionally deserted.

Unlike the Princess's Mansion, there were still some stalls at the door. Every time Lu Cai went out, his uncles and aunts would force snacks on him.

Ercheng mentioned to Lu Cai that these stall owners were all widows, widowers, and lonely people with no one to rely on, and could only make a living by running small businesses. Because the princess was kind-hearted, she allowed them to set up stalls at the door. They were usually protected by the guards of the princess's mansion, and street thugs did not dare to come up and cause trouble for them.

When Lu Cai first heard about this, she was a little surprised. After all, in her impression, Qin Yu had a rather cold personality and didn't like to meddle in other people's business during dungeons.

Thinking of how Qin Yu had taken good care of her, she also somewhat understood why she would help those passersby NPCs...

Squeak——

The gate of the mansion slowly opened, and the servants stood at the threshold, their attitude very respectful: "Young lady, please come in——"

Entering the yard, Lu Cai walked slowly on the stone bricks. After stepping onto the corridor, she did not look around, but felt that many eyes were focused on her.

Are these secret guards afraid that the other party won’t be able to discover them?

The servant led her to the main reception hall, where the scumbag marquis was sitting on the main seat. He looked pale and had lost a lot of weight after not seeing him for a few days.

Wang Shu was taking care of him on the side, her features still gentle and submissive, her eyes full of affection, and she was particularly focused when looking at the Marquis.

The servant brought the man in and then left.

The Marquis made a gesture of invitation, and Lu Cai did not refuse. He turned around and sat down at the side.

"I heard that the young lady came here for the scorpion?" Although the Marquis was weak, the majesty tempered by the killing on the battlefield was still there. When he looked at Lu Cai, his eyes were calm, but there was a faint sense of oppression.

Lu Cai was unconcerned. "Since the Marquis is so frank, I'll speak frankly. The growth and reproduction of scorpion monsters is against the laws of nature. Are you afraid of the backlash if you risk raising them?"

Not only the maids in the Marquis' Mansion and the injured on the farm, she also remembered the scorpion monster attacking the people on the street outside Wangxiang Tower, and the group of beggars, who she encountered outside the wall when she fled from the Marquis' Mansion.

Besides, the Marquis has a group of secret guards with scorpion tattoos under his command.

She suspected that the Marquis was raising and trying to tame these monsters—

"Young lady, you're joking." The Marquis picked up the teacup on the table. "I don't understand."

"If you really don't understand, you wouldn't have invited me in." Lu Cai's tone was full of mockery. She originally thought that this marquis was a scumbag, but she also admired him for fighting on the battlefield and defending his country. But now it seems that he is just a scumbag who makes fun of innocent people for his own benefit.

Lu Cai adjusted her tone, "The scorpion monster is out of control, yet the Marquis remains unfazed." She stood up. "Those in power are always so foolish. They think they can control everything, but they don't realize they are just conceited mediocre people."