At this moment, a roar suddenly came from the distance.
Zhou Zhilu hurried to the window and looked out. He saw four blood-red beams of light shooting straight into the sky under the dark night sky outside the city.
"What is that?" Yun Li asked in shock.
Zhou Zhilu exerted a little force on the windowsill with his hands, and cracks appeared on the wooden windowsill.
He said harshly, "I'm afraid the waiter didn't lie to us. These herbs...are the same as those used by the people outside the city!"
Yun Li's pupils contracted upon hearing this. The tragic deaths caused by the Illusionary Silkworms surfaced in his mind. If the people outside the city ate this medicinal herb...
That’s tens of thousands of people!
Liao Bufan...what on earth do you want to do!
…
At the city gate, the soldiers guarding the city were so frightened by the scene outside that they could hardly walk.
Under the four blood-red pillars of light, there were countless people who had gone crazy, and straw huts burning with flames could be seen everywhere.
One of the team leaders said in a daze, "We need to inform the people in the city. Yes! We need to inform the prefect immediately!"
Then he shouted at the back of a young man in front of him, "Zhu Zi! Stop looking and follow me into the city to find the prefect!"
However, the other party didn't react at all, as if he was scared silly. The team leader walked up to him angrily, grabbed his shoulders and scolded him, "Are you scared silly? Did you hear me?"
"roar!"
Suddenly, the young soldier let out an inhuman roar, turned his head with bloodshot eyes, and instantly pounced on the leader.
"Zhuzi! What are you doing? Are you crazy...Ahhhh!!!"
Before he could finish his words, the young soldier bit the leader's neck. As he tore, bloody muscles and blood vessels were pulled out.
The same scene was being played out in many places in the city. Countless people seemed to have lost their minds, their eyes turned bloodshot, and they became crazy and bloodthirsty.
…
Inside the city, Zhou Zhilu, Yun Li and Song Luo ran out of the inn anxiously.
"Song Luo! Quickly inform the Crown Prince and the Fifth Prince and have the imperial army prepare to go outside the city to provide support!"
"Yun Li! Go back to Fu Ye Si and explain what happened. If the people outside the city have eaten the medicinal herbs, they must be controlled by the Illusion Silkworm now. Taking out the Illusion Silkworm is the key!"
Zhou Zhilu quickly explained the matter to the two of them.
"What are you going to do?" Song Luo asked anxiously.
"There are some things I have overlooked before. I need to confirm now to see how many enemies we have...how many there are!" Zhou Zhilu replied with a complicated expression.
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At this time, on the other side of Jiangkang Mansion, in the streets and alleys, a group of people were running quickly under the cover of night.
"Miss, what happened outside the city?"
A tall and burly man with fierce eyes asked a masked girl in a nightgown at the front of the team.
The masked girl glanced at the blood-red sky in the distance and shook her head, "I'm not sure, but no matter what happened, this current chaos is a good opportunity for us!"
Everyone sped up, but after turning a corner, they all stopped.
I saw a young man holding two swords blocking the middle of the road. It was Zhou Zhilu.
"Miss Yu, where are you going with so many people at this hour of night?"
Zhou Zhilu's voice echoed in the street.
The masked girl in the lead was silent for a while, then she tore off the black cloth on her face, revealing her pure and delicate face. It was Yu Qingkui.
The girl looked at Zhou Zhilu and whispered, "I don't want to be your enemy. Please leave quickly. There is no direct conflict between us."
Zhou Zhilu raised his eyebrows upon hearing this and said, "If my guess is correct, you are from the Xiuming Society. I'm curious, what kind of relationship do you have with Liao Bufan?"
Yu Qingkui frowned and replied, "Liao Bufan? We have no connection with him. We only know that he colluded with officials and sold inferior medicinal herbs."
"So you deliberately exposed this information to me and the Seventh Princess? First, you emphasized to the Seventh Princess that the medicinal herbs available in the city were all defective. Then, you pointed out to Liao Bufan that the medicinal herbs used by the people outside the city were all defective. You also deliberately mentioned the amount of silver raised by the auction house.
"That's nothing, but the fact that you finally gave up the title of An Shi Fang makes me wonder if you knew something, like Liao Bufan's plan, and you took advantage of the chaos he was creating outside the city to complete your plan!"
Yu Qingkui took a deep breath and said slowly, "Mr. Zhou, do you know what the purpose of the Xiuming Society is?"
Zhou Zhilu frowned and shook his head slowly. He didn't know much about the Xiu Ming Society. He only knew a few words from Yun Li.
Yu Qingkui explained, "Over three hundred years ago, Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty overthrew the tyrant ruler of the Zhou Dynasty and ushered in a new dynasty. Emperor Wu reigned for over a hundred years, expanding the territory and rectifying the government internally. The Song Dynasty at that time was truly a rare and prosperous era!
"Later, Emperor Wu died, and Emperor Wen ascended the throne... The Song Dynasty began to change.
"Now Emperor Wen has been bewitched by villains, nobles are acting recklessly and ignoring the laws of the court, officials are colluding with each other, caring only about themselves and not the lives of the people...
"Xiu Ming means beautiful and clear, and is used to praise wise rulers and prosperous times. We, the Xiu Ming Society, hope to change this situation, make life better for the people, crack down on corrupt officials, clean up the emperor's side, and allow Emperor Wen to recreate the prosperous era of Emperor Wu!
"Do you think we would use the poor people outside the city to achieve our goals?"
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