Shit! Bai Ze who was hiding in the dark was shocked. Could it be that this idiot prefect was able to find him? Why was the direction he was looking from exactly where he was hiding? So accurate?
He was stunned in the place, wondering whether to show up or flee quickly, or even kidnap the prefect. While thinking, he saw the prefect Zuo Da put down his luggage and walked towards him. Just as Bai Ze was stunned, Zuo Da stretched out his hand and pulled out a little girl from behind the rockery.
Bai Ze was so angry that he rolled his eyes. Damn, after all this time, he still couldn’t catch him!
"Didn't I tell you that I'm very busy these days? I will definitely come to see you in a few days!" Zuo Da pulled the girl and persuaded her earnestly: "I have no choice. Someone from above has come, and I have to devote myself to the reception! Everyone in the mansion is busy with this matter, and I can't spare time."
The maid pinched him unhappily and said delicately, "Whenever I ask you, you say you're busy. I never see you doing anything serious. How long has it been since you last visited me? If you don't have me in your heart, just tell me and I won't have that thought."
"How can I not?" Zuo Da patted his chest and assured: "You are all in my head and heart! If you don't believe me, ask the people in this mansion, which concubine's room have I entered these days? I haven't been to anyone's room, I'm just thinking about you! Be good, be obedient, and when I take care of Duanmu Anguo and leave, I will definitely go and comfort you, ah!"
Zuo Da finally managed to coax the girl away. Bai Ze hid in the dark and watched her pick up the luggage and bedding and walk forward again, bypassing a garden, passing through two corridors, and then entering a small courtyard. Behind a painting in the main room of the small courtyard was a mechanism. When the mechanism was activated, half of the wall opened. Zuo Da hummed a little tune and walked in. Then he hooked his foot back and the wall closed again.
It turned out that the so-called secret room was here. Bai Ze smiled. It seemed that it was a wise move for him to follow Duanmu Anguo into the prefectural government. At least it would be much easier to find the old thief in the future. He thought that when the princess came, he would ask her to visit the prefectural government at night and cut off the head of the old thief Duanmu, and the battle would be over. Without Duanmu Anguo to interfere, it would be strange if the prefectural government could win with his intelligence.
He carefully noted the location of the secret room and quietly retreated.
Duanmu Anguo moved into the secret room that afternoon. Zuo Da enthusiastically escorted him to the door of the secret room. He wanted to escort him a little longer, but the door was closed and he was directly locked out. Zuo Da curled his lips and said nothing. He just shouted to the inside: "My lord, if you need anything, please call me at any time!" He was exactly like Xiao Twenty in the tavern. Unfortunately, there was no response from inside.
In fact, Duanmu Anguo did enter the secret room of Zuo's house, but Zuo Da didn't know that there were two other secret rooms in his secret room. A man dressed as a servant of the prefecture came out of the small room, bowed to Duanmu Anguo and said, "Master, Zuo Da doesn't know about this compartment, you can rest assured."
Duanmu Anguo nodded. He was a cautious man. When he decided to come to Zong Sui, he made thorough preparations. In particular, he deployed his own people in Bincheng and Jiancheng, which were closest to Dashun. Unfortunately, Bincheng was not defended and was taken away by Xuan Tianhua. Jiancheng must not be lost again. Of course, the most important thing was to ensure his own safety. He didn't believe that the rumored elusive Princess Ji'an could come and go as she pleased while hiding in such a place.
At that time, one of his men reported: "There are 701 wells in Jiancheng City, and there are 200,000 Zong Sui troops. It will take three days for our troops to gather. May I ask what arrangements should be made next, sir?"
Duanmu Anguo narrowed his eyes and was playing with a night-shining pearl in the left secret room. Upon hearing this, he immediately ordered: "Start tonight and put the stuff into all the wells. Don't put too much at a time. Increase the dosage little by little over three days to ensure that after three days, no one in the city can get rid of the Jile Xiaoyao Powder."
The subordinate nodded and asked again, "What about the prefectural government?"
"Same." Duanmu Anguo waved his hand and said, "I want all the people in Jiancheng to work for me. I want everyone, including children and 80-year-old women, and of course, this prefectural government. Being able to serve Zong Sui and contribute to defending the country should be the thing they are most proud of. As for our people, distribute the antidote and ensure their safety."
Duanmu Anguo's deployment brought a devastating disaster to the city. But he didn't care. In order to achieve his great cause, to satisfy his unrealistic fantasies, and for the future of his so-called Duanmu family, he never cared how many people would lose their lives in his crazy actions. The people who built the city were not even as good as grass to him. They were just tools in his plan. Once they were used up, they could be discarded at will.
Xuan Tianming went to the prefectural government that night and followed the location of the secret room given by Bai Ze during the day. He stayed outside for most of the night, but did not find any movement in the dark wall. There was not even a guard at the door. He almost thought Bai Ze had seen it wrong. In desperation, he searched the prefectural government again and found a place that was strictly guarded. He finally sneaked in, but the person sleeping inside turned out to be the prefect Zuo Da. He also found a secret cave and sneaked in, and found that Zuo Da's son was having a secret meeting with Zuo Da's concubine inside.
Xuan Tianming was a little impatient and was about to leave when he heard Zuo Dasheng, the son of Zuo Da, say, "The new old man Duanmu who came today is really strange. After he came in, he disappeared like a rat. My father wouldn't tell me when I asked him. I really don't know if he came to lead the troops to fight or just to eat and drink at our Zuo family."
Xuan Tianming shook his head secretly and retreated. It seemed that Duanmu Anguo was hiding very well. The secret room was probably a decoy, and his actual hiding place was definitely not there. He could turn the mechanism to go inside and take a look, but if there was someone inside, he would be easily exposed. Now was not the time to expose himself. He had to wait for Ah Heng. When the girl came, he could go in and find out what was going on without anyone noticing.
Under the eyes of countless secret guards, Xuan Tianming retreated. He smiled bitterly when he left the prefectural government. He had been practicing martial arts since he was young, and on the day of his apprenticeship, his master was defeated by him. Even so, he still lost to Xuan Tianhua in Bincheng. However, that palm strike not only failed to destroy the brotherhood between them, but made the family relationship even closer. What reason did he have to sit back and enjoy the success of a brother who risked his life for him?
On the way back to his residence, Xuan Tianming discovered a very strange phenomenon. Jiancheng seemed to be not peaceful tonight. There were too many secret guards walking in the night. He had only walked around two streets and had already found at least twenty people. At first, he thought it was a precaution because of the war, and he also thought that Duanmu Anguo was cautious just in case. But the more he walked, the more he felt something was wrong, because he found that the secret guards seemed to have a purpose in their actions, and that purpose was the wells in the city.
In large mansions, almost every household had secret guards sneaking in, and when they came out, they would run directly to the next house. The wells of small households were deep in the alleys and were shared by everyone, so naturally some people would go to those wells, and when they got there, they would take out a small paper bag from their arms and pour all the white powder inside into the wells.
Xuan Tianming followed the two secret guards for several streets and found that their actions were very consistent, that is, to find a well and then put the powder. There was no communication or hesitation during the process. After throwing the powder in one well, they immediately rushed to the next one, very orderly.
He was puzzled, so he found a well and tested it with the antidote he carried with him, but found that it was not poisonous. But he also remembered that Feng Yuheng said that whether there is poison or not cannot be tested by silver. There are too many kinds of poisons in the world that silver has no reaction to, but can still kill people.
Was it poison? He stared at the deep well in front of him, a little confused. If it was poisoning, who was poisoning on such a large scale? According to his estimation, after this night's tossing, basically all the wells in the city would be filled with this white powder. The well water was used by the people, which meant that it was very likely that tomorrow morning, all the people in the city would be poisoned to death, and Jiancheng would become a dead city.
When he thought of this, he moved and actually ran back to the prefectural government. The prefectural government was not small, and there were several wells inside. When Xuan Tianming arrived, a secret guard just threw a packet of white powder into the last well, and then flashed out of the government.
He was even more confused. Even the prefectural governor was not spared. It was obvious that they could not be one of Zong Sui's own people. And now the party opposing Zong Sui was Dashun. Dashun had even captured a city of Zong Sui. Could it be that it was done by one of Zong Sui's own people?
As soon as this idea came to his mind, he immediately rejected it. It was impossible. The seventh brother cared about the world and would never do such a thing to harm the people. But if it wasn't done by one of his own people, who could it be? Who hated Zong Sui so much that he wanted to poison the people of the whole city?
Xuan Tianming was not idle that night. He visited the prefectural government twice, chased the mysterious secret guards in the city, and watched them poison the wells. Finally, he even followed them into the camp of the soldiers stationed in Jiancheng, and found that all the wells there were poisoned without exception.
He was shocked that the other party had such a big hand, and was also anxious about what would happen to the people in the city when they woke up tomorrow morning. But he couldn't save everyone in the city. Even if he didn't consider whether going door to door to inform the poisoner would attract their attention, he didn't have time to save so many people. Seeing the east turn white, Xuantian thought, maybe this is the fate of the city's founder? Will Duanmu Anguo, who came here yesterday, fall into this trap?
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