Upon arriving at the castle square, I saw that many people had already gathered there.
Seeing the chaotic square, Nan Qu immediately gave the order:
"Arrange for two large pots to be set up. Also, from now on, everyone's food must be inspected by me before they can be eaten, including drinking water."
Also, I'm going to show this to everyone later, separating those with mild to severe poisoning from those without. You'll need to arrange things accordingly.
Upon hearing this, Charles immediately went to make the arrangements.
Soon, two large pots were placed in the very center of the square.
In the past, Nanqu would instruct people to pour water and start a fire, and then put the medicinal herbs into the water according to the specified proportions.
"Remind me after the water boils."
Nan Qu gave an instruction to the servant beside her, and Xia Er, having made the arrangements, walked up to Nan Qu.
Nan Qu looked at him and knew he had made arrangements: "Send a team to go door-to-door today to check if anyone is missing. Maybe someone is out. Don't miss anyone."
Charles said, "It's already arranged, and I have a list of each household here, so we can check it directly later."
Nan Qu nodded: "It's good that you know what's going on. I'll start the preliminary check now. I'll leave the resettlement to you."
Charles nodded: "Yes!"
Nanqu was very fast because he only distinguished between those who were poisoned and those who were not. However, a territory could have hundreds of thousands or even tens of thousands of people. Even if Nanqu was very fast, it would be dark by the time he finished looking at everything.
The medicine in the pot kept boiling, and Nanqu went back to her room twice more to get more medicine.
Two large pots were set up next to it for cooking.
The people helping with the cooking were those who had been checked and were not poisoned. Because some of the guards and servants in the castle had also been poisoned, there weren't many people available.
At night, Nan Qu, having finally finished all that work, did not rest. Instead, she led her men to search the entire city for suspicious items while everyone was in the castle.
She needs to find out as soon as possible why so many people are poisoned. If possible, she also needs to find out who is behind it.
Now, Charles stands guard in the square, lost in memories as he watches the sleeping people.
Thinking back on what happened today, Xia Er finally understood why the princess trusted Nan Qu so much—because she was truly different.
He was just a child, but he was decisive and efficient in his actions, something even he couldn't do.
Vistalia is the name of the capital city of the Taya territory. Because it is next to the Dragonbone Mountains, which contain rare resources and animals, it is a favorite place for mercenaries.
It was because of these mercenaries, despite their rudeness, that Vestalia unexpectedly became a bustling city, as they were the most profitable and generous spenders.
That's why there are so many troublemakers in Vistalia; without Oliver, these people wouldn't obey orders.
Charles had considered this, so he gathered all his guards in the square, fearing that the mercenaries might cause trouble.
Moreover, as they suspected, there were definitely some people sent by the Taya brothers stirring things up. Things wouldn't go so smoothly at noon.
In fact, Xia Er's guess was correct; Nan Qu's move to gather people here was truly excellent.
The fact that Taya and Oliver didn't show up was important intelligence for these spies.
But with everyone watching, those people couldn't get the message out even if they wanted to.
So they started stirring up trouble, trying to take advantage of the chaos to do something.
Why are we being imprisoned here?
“We need to leave. Everyone here has contracted a strange disease that even the cultists of Light cannot cure. Are you imprisoning us here so that we've all caught this disease?”
"We don't want to be imprisoned, we want to leave here."
"The cultists of Light say that these people who have contracted this strange disease have been corrupted by dark forces. Vestalia has already been invaded by darkness, and we can only wait to die here."
"Let us go! We don't want to be imprisoned!"
"Where is Princess Taya? Tell her to come out and give us an explanation."
Influenced by these people, everyone began to panic, and the scene became volatile and out of control.
Just then, Nan Qu, who had gone back to get medicine, walked in from outside. Behind her was a guard carrying a sack weighing over a hundred pounds.
Moreover, she was dressed in a black dress, with black eyes and black hair. Despite being just a little girl, she held everyone's attention for over ten seconds. Until she walked up to the crowd.
She walked up to Charles with a cold expression and said, "I was only gone for a short while, why is everything so chaotic?"
Charles bowed to Nanqu without restraint and explained, "These are mercenaries from the mercenary group. They were just brought in."
Nan Qu nodded, then glanced at everyone present: "Who was trying to leave just now?"
By this time, those present had realized what was happening. Looking at the child before them, they showed no respect whatsoever: "Where did this come from...?"
Before the man could finish speaking, Nan Qu waved his hand, and the man who had spoken stood there dumbfounded, his mouth still frozen on the last sentence he had uttered.
Everyone gasped in shock. The man's companion, who was frozen in place, looked at his friend with great anxiety: "What did you do to him? You...!"
Before the man could finish speaking, he too was frozen in place.
The tens of thousands of people present were stunned.
Nan Qu once again swept her cold gaze around: "Is there anyone else leaving?"
Now, no one dared to speak. They hadn't seen what she had done to freeze the person in place. They didn't want to be frozen like that.
Nan Qu then spoke up: "If I hear of anyone causing trouble again, this time you'll be made to stand here as punishment, but next time you'll be made to stand at the gates of God as punishment."
After finishing her explanation, Nan Qu continued to detoxify the people. The two who had been immobilized were only released by Nan Qu after she had screened everyone else.
The two of them were frozen in place, successfully intimidating everyone.
Nan Qu was unaware that Xia Er was thinking about what had happened that day. She needed to find out the cause of the poisoning and identify the source of the poison before tonight.
Tomorrow, everyone will recover; their time is running out.
Of course, the investigation in the southern district was not a random search.
She already had someone she suspected, and now she was just verifying it.
When we were checking the poisoned individuals, we found that several of them had taken the antidote. They were confident because, given the level of medical care in Yueyun Kingdom, they clearly believed that she wouldn't be able to find the cause.
But they didn't know that the originator of poison was right in front of them. So, they had no idea that she had already given them the Soul-Chasing Powder.
Before coming, Nanqu and Xia Er confirmed that those who were severely poisoned were south of the castle, while those who were less severely poisoned were north of the castle.
Therefore, Nanqu's primary target is Nancheng.
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