Ye Xiaoxiao nodded in agreement, then looked at Shangguan Lingyun with some annoyance.
"Husband, I want to go and see for myself. I always feel that there are other things on Cangwu Mountain."
Shangguan Lingyun frowned immediately when he heard this.
"No, although you and I are now immune to all poisons, the terrain of Cangwu Mountain is dangerous and there are dangers everywhere. You are also pregnant. I do not agree with you taking risks."
Ye Xiaoxiao wanted to say something more, but Shangguan Lingyun refused to agree this time.
"Xiaoxiao, you have to take care of your health. At the moment, it seems Dugu Xin can still handle it."
"Besides, Cangwu Mountain is in Dayu. If you and I go there rashly, it will easily trigger a war between the two countries."
"Don't worry, your fourth brother will soon reunite with Dugu Xin. If they can't handle it together, I, your husband, will never stop you."
Seeing Shangguan Lingyun's firm attitude, Ye Xiaoxiao nodded helplessly and had to agree temporarily.
"Well, now that I'm pregnant, going would only add to their burden."
Shangguan Lingyun breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she no longer insisted. He then held her in his arms and comforted her softly for a long time before taking Wang Xiao to the imperial study.
Shangguan Lingyun did not deliberately conceal the matter of Dayu, so after leaving Ye Xiaoxiao's bedroom, he summoned all the ministers to meet him.
"Wang Xiao, briefly explain the events of Cangwu Mountain to the others."
Wang Xiao stepped forward and briefly explained Dugu Xin's situation and how Queen Dayu used the corpse to cultivate mice.
When everyone heard this, their faces changed drastically. A few of the timid ones were already wiping the sweat from their foreheads.
"Your Majesty, Queen Dayu has ulterior motives. We in Great Xia must take precautions early."
"Yes, Your Majesty, Ye Rong has been mining and training troops in Maoshan for some time. I suggest that he lead the troops to station at the border just in case."
"What the Duke of Zhenguo said is correct. However, sending troops there without any reason could easily alert the enemy. This matter requires further consideration."
"The situation is urgent. I'm afraid there's no time for long-term planning. We need to make plans early."
Everyone started to discuss, Shangguan Lingyun frowned and listened to their reports for a long time before making a decision.
"The Duke of Zhenguo is right. Empress Dayu's raising of rats is definitely not just to create a plague."
"The old Duke is right. There must be a reason for stationing troops."
"It just so happens that Lincheng is suffering from a flood. Although the Queen and I have dealt with it properly, it will still take time for Lincheng to recover."
"I will order General Ye Rong to send troops to provide disaster relief and help the victims rebuild their homes. Dayu will not have any objections to this. What do you think?"
When everyone heard this, they felt that this method was feasible, so they all agreed.
Upon seeing this, Shangguan Lingyun said nothing more and immediately asked Eunuch Yu to draft an imperial edict and send it to Ye Rong who was far away in Maoshan at full speed.
"The issue of sending troops has been resolved. The next step is to prevent the plague."
"As the imperial examination is just around the corner, I'm thinking of adding a last-minute question to the exam. What do you think?"
When everyone heard this, they immediately understood Shangguan Lingyun's idea, and Wang Muzhe, the chief examiner, was the first to agree.
"I feel that the plague topic is too deliberate. How about adding a question about how to deal with various plagues?"
Upon hearing this, Lord Sun also stood up.
"Thanks to the Empress's intervention, the previous epidemic was prevented from spreading."
"Now that the plague could break out at any time, it would be a good idea to let the candidates learn from the Empress's previous methods and come up with more ways to deal with it."
"Moreover, most of the candidates come from the grassroots. Perhaps they have some secret recipes that we don't know about."
Mr. Sun's words were recognized by more people. Therefore, when the candidates were busy writing the test papers, an additional question was added to the test papers.
There was no time to complain, as many candidates had already started answering their questions seriously. The examiner who was originally sitting there in charge of supervising the exam began to walk around and check without waiting for the candidates to hand in their papers.
Dugu Xin still didn't know about the changes in Daxia, but even if he knew, he couldn't care less at the moment.
After two days of observation, the news Dugu Xin received was not very good.
However, after discussing with his subordinates, Dugu Xin felt that the biggest key to resolving the threat of the plague still lay with the Musk Rat King.
"Your Highness, although we now have a countermeasure, this Muskrat King is very cunning and it is difficult to capture him."
"Besides, even if we catch the Rat King, we can't make him work for us."
Dugu Xin frowned. This was also the problem he was worried about. However, at the moment, he felt that catching the Rat King first was the most important thing.
"Go and ask the people nearby if there is any way to capture this Muskrat King."
Han Yu had no choice but to send some people to question the people, while the other part continued to go to the Cangwu River to look for the Rat King.
However, they met the Rat King several times every time they went there, but each time they were fooled by the Rat King and could not catch it at all.
Later, Han Yu and others also got angry, and the more they couldn't catch it, the more they wanted to catch it.
As a result, a group of people wandered around the mountain for three days and were teased by the Rat King for three days.
Han Yu sat down on the stool opposite Dugu Xin, gulped down half a pot of water, and then spoke angrily.
"Master, three more days have passed, and we still haven't caught him. What should we do?"
Dugu Xin was also somewhat helpless. He had no choice but to take his men back to the Cangwu River.
As expected, they saw the Muskrat King again, but they still had no way to catch it.
However, Dugu Xin paid special attention when they came, and they did not encounter any other rats on the way.
For this reason, Dugu Xin was a little confused.
"Han Yu, how do you think this Rat King can always find us so accurately?"
Han Yu was a little surprised when he heard this. He didn't understand why Dugu Xin asked this, but after thinking about it for a while, he guessed.
"Perhaps it's more sensitive to human scent, or perhaps we made some noise when we came, which caught its attention."
"Master, why do you ask this? Is there any solution?"
Han Yu was a little anxious, while Dugu Xin frowned and fell into thought.
"I always feel that there must be something about us that attracted the Rat King to find us accurately."
"But I don't know what betrayed our whereabouts."
When Han Yu heard this, he felt that what Dugu Xin said made some sense, so he thought about it carefully.
"The first time we saw the Muskrat King was when we were catching the Earth Dragon."
"After the Earth Dragon was captured, the Muskrat King began to appear around us from time to time, seemingly monitoring us, but also provoking us."
Hearing Han Yu's whisper, Dugu Xin suddenly had an idea.
"The Rat King didn't appear when we first came to Cangwu Mountain. He only appeared for the first time because of the Earth Dragon."
"And then the Earth Dragon is captured, and we cross the river, and then the Rat King will be angry."
"So, is there some connection between the Rat King and the Earth Dragon?"
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