Finally returning to his residence, the first thing he said after seeing Bai Ze was: "Inform all our people, and remember not to drink the water from the well anymore. From now on, don't touch a single sip."
Bai Ze was stunned and asked, "Master, did you find anything?"
"Someone has thrown something into all the wells in the city. We don't know what it is yet, but the water in the wells is definitely undrinkable. If the water is undrinkable, then we can't cook. Take out all the food that Ah Heng left in our carriage and share it with everyone. Let's wait and see how it goes for a few days."
Bai Ze was shocked. All the wells in the city had been emptied of things. Didn't that mean they wanted to kill all the people in the city? "Who is so cruel? There are more than 300,000 people in the city. Who can live without water? If everyone died... that would be too terrible." He couldn't imagine it. He quickly followed Xuan Tianming's instructions to wake everyone up, and then he moved all the remaining food out of the carriage.
These people were usually ordinary people in Jiancheng. With the arrival of Xuan Tianming, they immediately resumed their hidden identities and gathered around Xuan Tianming. They waited quietly from the moment the sky turned white, until the morning light came, until the cocks crowed three times, until the voices of early risers could be heard outside the yard. Then someone went out, strolling around the alleys. When he came back, he said, "It seems to be no different from usual. I also saw someone fetching water. The old couple at the breakfast stall boiled the water from the well and soaked it in tea foam, and sold it to passers-by for five cents a bowl. No one was surprised by the drink."
"Oh?" Xuan Tianming was a little surprised. Although he was relieved that not everyone in the city was poisoned to death, there was no change at all. This situation made him feel a little uneasy.
"Master, do we need water?" Bai Ze asked him, "There are fourteen of us in total. The food in the carriage can only last for tonight at most. There will be nothing to eat tomorrow." The most hateful thing in the world is to be out of water. Even if there are other things to replace food, there is nothing to do if there is no water. He sighed, "In this weather in Zong Sui, snow can't stand. If it is in the northern border of Dashun, we can use snow water if well water doesn't work. But the snow in Zong Sui is so small that it melts immediately when it falls on the ground. It is really useless."
He was talking to himself, Xuan Tianming frowned. The purple lotus was in full bloom, and it was obviously very beautiful, but it still made people feel cold. He said to everyone, "It cannot be used. It absolutely cannot be used. It is okay now, but it does not mean it will always be okay. Before we find out what was poured into the well, the well water must not be drunk."
"Then I will go and capture someone tonight and ask him." Bai Ze said, "Didn't the master say that there are many secret guards on the move? I will capture one and ask him and we will know."
“You can try.” Xuan Tianming said, “There are 27 secret guards on the move, if I counted correctly. If you can capture them without alerting the enemy, I will remember you as a great merit.”
Bai Ze was shocked. How could he not alert the enemy? How could that be possible? Suddenly, one person was missing. Even a ghost would know that something must have gone wrong. "But if we don't catch him and ask him, will we just keep waiting?"
"In two days at most, Ah Heng should be here." Xuan Tianming said, "Wait for her to come and see what is in the water."
Bai Ze was relieved. Right! Their princess is a miracle doctor! Once the miracle doctor comes, he can tell at a glance whether the water is poisonous or not. Two days is just two days. What does it matter to a martial artist to wait for two days?
That night, none of the fourteen people slept, and all hid in the dark in their own way, staring at the well in the yard. Just after the hour of the Ox, they saw a man in black quickly flash into the yard, then pour a bag of white powdery substance into the well water, and then flashed away and disappeared.
Bai Ze snorted, he was a guy with excellent Qinggong, if he were to chase him, he might not be able to catch him, let alone catch him. He couldn't help but feel ashamed for the big talk he said during the day, thinking that if Ban Zou was here, his physical skills should be comparable to that of the man just now.
The black-clothed man left, and fourteen people including Xuan Tianming appeared in the dark, and they all gathered around the well. Bai Ze brought up a bucket of water, and under the moonlight, he saw that the well water was no different from usual. The white powder was completely dissolved without leaving any trace.
Everyone was shocked, and became more determined not to drink the water from this well.
For two consecutive nights, someone put strange things into the well water throughout the city, but the people in the city still had no news of anyone showing signs of poisoning, and there were no suspected cases in the city's traditional Chinese medicine clinic.
However, all of this was an illusion. Just as Bai Ze was eagerly waiting for Feng Yuheng to come, they still discovered something unusual -
"Master." A secret guard who had gone out for a stroll came back to report to Xuan Tianming, "Something seems to be wrong." He talked about what he had just seen and heard on the street: "When I passed a well, I saw people queuing up to fetch water. One man carried four large buckets of water in one breath. His load was about to break, but he didn't feel tired at all. And the man who was fetching water looked to be nearly fifty years old, very old. In addition, I saw a strong man in a family chopping wood at the door. The axe accidentally hit his hand. Obviously, a piece of meat was cut off, but he just wiped it on his clothes twice, without any pain. Even a two-year-old child in his yard fell down while running, and his jaw hit a stone, bleeding, but the child didn't cry, but smiled and got up to continue running and jumping. I think something is wrong."
It's not just not right, it's extremely wrong! Xuan Tianming asked another person who had also gone to the city and returned: "What did you see?"
The man thought for a moment and said, "I noticed that people were carrying water differently than before. In the past, there were people lining up to carry books, but not many people, and no one would drink the water as soon as it was carried. Now it is winter, and the water is icy, but they don't feel cold at all, and they drink it very happily. I saw them drinking water, and they seemed to enjoy it, as if they were tasting a delicious delicacy, not at all like drinking the most ordinary ice-cold water."
"Like this..." Xuan Tianming pondered, and a half-formed idea flashed through his mind, but he felt it was too crazy and unrealistic.
He stood up suddenly, startling Bai Ze, "Where are you going, Master?"
"Leave the city." He said as he walked, "If nothing unexpected happens, your princess will definitely arrive today. We have to go out of the city to meet her, so that she doesn't get unawares and accidentally drinks the city's water when she comes in. That would be troublesome."
He left twelve secret guards to continue to observe the movements in the city, and he took Bai Ze to the west gate. He was a little anxious. If his guess was correct, the powder thrown into the well should be something like Xiaoyao Powder. He was not afraid that it was poison. If it was poison, Feng Yuheng could still cure it, but if it was really something like Xiaoyao Powder, Feng Yuheng would be helpless. If the girl felt thirsty after entering the city and drank some tea, it would be a big deal.
He was anxious, and his steps became faster, almost trotting. You can't ride a horse in Jiancheng, because only the rich and powerful would ride in the street, and he would be too conspicuous if he rode a horse. But even so, it still attracted a lot of attention, including a team of patrol officers. Seeing the two hurried and unfamiliar looks, they wanted to stop them and ask questions. The leader even took a step forward, but at this moment, he suddenly stood up again, with a very painful expression on his face. He didn't know where to put his hands, so he kept rubbing his face.
There was another person who was in the same state as him, also looking in pain, but that person was obviously more sober than him. At this moment, he happened to see someone carrying water on the street, so he rushed over, grabbed the bucket, knelt on the ground, put his head in it and started drinking.
The man from before also reacted and rushed over to grab a drink of water. While they were drinking water, Xuan Tianming and Bai Ze quickly walked past. When they had drunk enough and came to their senses and wanted to look for the two suspicious people, they were nowhere to be found.
Unfortunately, Xuan Tianming was still a step too late. When they arrived at the west gate, they found that the gate was tightly closed in broad daylight. Many people gathered here waiting to leave the city, but they heard from the officials guarding the city that the Dashun army would attack in the next few days and it would be very dangerous to leave the city. The four major gates of the city would be closed. When they would be opened again, they had to wait for the notification from the prefecture.
At this time, taking advantage of the closure of the city gate, a large number of people began to wander around and discuss political affairs. They said that Dashun attacked Zong Sui, that Dashun had conquered Bincheng, that most people in Bincheng had lost their homes and were displaced, and that Dashun would soon come to Jiancheng, massacre the people, rob property, and make Jiancheng the next Bincheng.
People were so enraged by what they heard that it was as if the Dashun had dug up their ancestral graves. They all clamored to march towards Bincheng and drive the Dashun villains out of Zong Sui.
During this period, there would always be people who suddenly looked painful, and there would always be people looking for water everywhere. Those who drank the water immediately became energized, as if they had been injected with chicken blood, and immediately threw themselves into the shouts of resistance against the Dashun.
Crowds of people poured out from all directions of the city and gradually gathered in the center of the city. Xuan Tianming was squeezed out of the crowd and watched from afar. He saw that the city governor Zuo Da was also in the crowd, shouting all kinds of inspiring slogans with the people, but his eyes were very bright, not at all cloudy and confused like the other people.
He said to Bai Ze, "Keep an eye on Zuo Da. He doesn't seem to have drunk any water in the city." Then he looked up at the towering city walls. It was bright and clear, and the city gates were tightly closed. It would be difficult for him to get out. Fortunately, even if Feng Yuheng used the space to enter the city, he would be able to immediately discover the abnormality in the city and contact him first. He prayed in his heart that even if the girl was thirsty, she would drink the water in his space. The water source for building the city must not be touched.
At that time, Feng Yuheng was on his way to build a city with a dark face...
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