Tongcheng had been sealed off. On the day the city was built and then massacred, Duanmu Anguo's 100,000 personal soldiers arrived one after another, carrying a mysterious thing, and began to intensify their deployment around the city.
No one knew what those things were. They only saw the personal soldiers digging the ground like they were plowing a field, and then burying those things. Then they closed the city gates, and no one in the city was allowed to leave. A checkpoint was also set up five miles outside the city, and no one could get any closer.
At that time, the news of Jiancheng being massacred had not yet reached Tongcheng, nor had the news of Jiancheng's well water problems. People only knew that the Sui and Dashun had gone to war, and the closure of the city was to ensure their safety, so they were not surprised, and did not resist too much. Although life became inconvenient, life was more important than suffering the turmoil of war.
But within a few days, somehow, even though the city gates were closed, the news of the city construction still spread to Tongcheng.
This caused a huge uproar in Tongcheng. For a time, the fear of the massacre spread throughout the city and became the topic of conversation. Soon, the news that Duanmu Anguo had put zombie powder into the well water spread, and when people were still in shock, another wave of panic was set off.
The people dared not drink the water from the well anymore, but they could not die of thirst. Many people thought of the big river outside the city. The river flowing from south to north was wide and deep, and the water was extremely clear. People in Tongcheng would always go to the river to play in the water in the summer. The water could be scooped up and drunk, and it was as sweet as mountain spring water.
The river water is running water. A doctor from a medical clinic told everyone that running water cannot hold poison. Even if it is poisoned, it will soon disperse with the flow and lose its toxicity. So people wanted to fetch water from the river outside the city to drink. Some wealthy families even put many large wooden barrels on carts and prepared to transport water to the city one by one.
However, Tongcheng was sealed off, and no one could leave. Duanmu Anguo's 100,000 personal soldiers were stationed there, and the original guards of Tongcheng were all gone. The people could not leave the city, and they were so angry that they cursed Duanmu Anguo, but the personal soldiers acted as if they did not hear anything and just guarded the city gates and refused to open them.
The people were helpless and gathered at the gate of the prefectural government, beating drums to ask for help.
The governor Tian Ping has also been worried about the water source in recent days. He has personally negotiated with Duanmu Anguo's personal soldiers several times, but unfortunately he has returned without success. Now the people are enraged and have surrounded the governor's mansion. Tian Ping has no choice but to face those personal soldiers again.
This time, Tian Ping was also angry. Because the people in the prefecture were also afraid to drink the water from the well. After all, the thought of the horror of the zombie powder was more chilling than the poisonous medicine. Even though the soldiers assured them that there was really no problem with the well water in Tongcheng, people were still worried.
Tian Ping pointed at the leading deputy general and shouted angrily: "Since you said the well water is fine, then you soldiers should go and test the water first. You should drink a sip from every well in the city. Only if you drink it and it is fine, the people of Tongcheng will dare to drink it!" He was so angry that his hands were shaking. He couldn't help but say a few more words: "Three hundred thousand people built the city! All of them were harmed by you! And the two hundred thousand troops, none of them escaped Duanmu Anguo's murderous hands. How can you be so cruel? Since everyone is required to be a soldier, why don't your people drink it? Why only let Zong Sui's people drink it?"
The deputy general snorted coldly, looking at Tian Ping and said, "If the prefect wants to ask, you should ask our general. It is useless to blame General Mo. But then again, you are just hearsay. The people of Jiancheng were massacred by Dashun. What does it have to do with our general? Who can prove that we drugged them in advance?" Humph! There was no one in the whole Jiancheng. The bodies were burned by Xuan Tianming, and there was no evidence.
Tian Ping stared at the deputy general fiercely, but he was speechless. Indeed, the news was all hearsay, and they couldn't say who was the first person to spread the news. In short, the news spread throughout the city overnight. Now that he thought about it carefully, it seemed that someone did it on purpose.
But no matter what, the news has been known to everyone. In order to calm the panic among the people and avoid causing greater unrest, Tian Ping knew that he had to force these personal soldiers to test the waters personally to ensure safety, otherwise, Tongcheng would be in turmoil.
The soldiers had no choice. Tian Ping was a local official after all, and since so many people had spoken out, they did not want to cause trouble before Duanmu Anguo arrived. The well water was fine anyway, so they followed Tian Ping's instructions and took the army to drink a few sips of water from each well. When the people saw that they dared to drink and that it was fine, they stopped clamoring to leave the city and continued to drink the water in the city.
Duanmu Anguo arrived in Tongcheng within a few days. The people sneered at him. It was not as glorious as when he first came to build the city. Not only did no one warmly welcome him, but some even pointed at him and cursed him. But Duanmu Anguo didn't care. He just wanted to use this Tongcheng to complete his plan to fight against Xuan Tianming and Feng Yuheng. He didn't care what these people thought. Once he won this battle, these people would be buried with the fall of Dashun. He would never let this Tongcheng continue to exist intact.
This time, Duanmu Anguo did not live in the prefectural government, but chose another house. The house was originally where one of his personal soldiers who was hiding in Tongcheng lived. It was not only a courtyard with three entrances and three exits on the surface, but also had countless tunnels and secret chambers. Duanmu Anguo was very safe living in it. Not only could outsiders not find him, even his own people had no idea which secret chamber Duanmu Anguo was in, or which tunnel he was in, before getting a definite answer.
Just like Jiancheng Zuo Da said, he was like a mouse, guarding against Feng Yuheng to a perverted level, even when he slept, he had to have at least ten secret guards to protect him closely, otherwise he would not be at peace.
In fact, Duanmu Anguo himself didn't understand why he was so scared. Even if Feng Yuheng had some skills, at most he was just better at Qinggong. But even if he was as good as people said he could appear and disappear, he couldn't break through the wall, right? Why was he so scared that he locked himself in a basement without even a window? He asked himself many times about this, and persuaded himself many times, but he couldn't convince himself to live in a house on the ground.
Tian Ping was summoned the day after Duanmu Guoan entered the city. He stood in front of Duanmu Anguo, not very energetic, not as fawning as Zuo Da, and not even a bit humble. He just said to Duanmu Anguo: "I will not participate in the war. Tongcheng has 100,000 troops, and according to the imperial order, all of them will obey your orders, but please don't harm the people of Tongcheng, otherwise, even if I risk my life, I will lead the people of the whole city to fight against you to the end!"
Duanmu Anguo laughed loudly after hearing this. In his opinion, Tian Ping was just a small prefect, how dare he say such big words? He didn't take such a small official seriously at all, and only told Tian Ping: "This general will convey Tian Zhizhou's words to the emperor intact."
"Whatever you want." Tian Ping waved his hand and snorted coldly, "Your grievances cannot be resolved in Dashun, so you bring them to Zongsui. You, a Dashun person, have brought such a disaster to Zongsui. If the emperor does not wake up, then there is no point in me being a minister. If he wants to demote you, then demote him. If he wants to kill you, then kill him! But, Duanmu Anguo, I must remind you that Zongsui does not serve you alone. Even if you have lofty ambitions, there is no reason to drag the people of Zongsui to realize them for you. Bincheng is confused, Jiancheng is confused, but my Tongcheng is not confused at all. After Tongcheng, not every city can be manipulated by you. Duanmu Anguo, you know yourself."
Tian Ping said this and turned to leave, but after walking a few circles he ended up back again. The tunnel was so complicated that he couldn't get out successfully based on his memory of the time he came in.
Duanmu Anguo laughed loudly after seeing this, and pointed at Tian Ping and said, "You can't even leave my territory, yet you still dare to speak big words. Tian Zhizhou, you should be the one who knows yourself. Only by cooperating with this general can you keep the people of Tongcheng safe. Otherwise..."
"Otherwise, would you give us that medicine? Duanmu Anguo, believe it or not, even if the people of Tongcheng really took that medicine, we would target you instead of Dashun. The people of Tongcheng are very clear-headed, and we know who is the source of the disaster."
Duanmu Anguo really didn't expect that Zong Sui also had such a strong governor. Tian Ping made him see a different local official, different from Bincheng and Jiancheng, and even different from those officials of Dashun. He didn't like such officials, but now was not the time to get rid of Tian Ping. He didn't kill the officials of Zong Sui. Even if he wanted Tian Ping to die, he had to rely on the hands of Dashun people. Fortunately, this day was not far away. He smiled sinisterly. As long as Xuan Tianming's army attacked, he was at least 80% sure that he could keep the other side. As long as Dashun lost Xuan Tianming and Feng Yuheng, and seriously injured Xuan Tianhua, he didn't believe that there would be anyone who could be his opponent Duanmu Anguo.
After coming out of Duanmu Anguo's "rat" hole, Tian Ping returned to the prefectural government. As soon as he entered the government, he saw the housekeeper scolding a little girl. The little girl knelt on the ground, wiping her tears and said, "Housekeeper Lin, it's all my fault. I didn't take good care of the young lady. But housekeeper, please don't drive me away. I still want to serve the young lady. The young lady can't be without a caring person by her side!"
The housekeeper was so angry that he stamped his feet. "I know that you and the young lady have a deep relationship as master and servant, but that is why I have to preach to you. The young lady trusts you the most. If even you can't take good care of her, who else can do it? Tongcheng has been in a mess recently. The master is busy with official duties all day and is exhausted. We servants must serve the master more carefully to make the master worry less!" After he finished speaking, he helped the girl up again helplessly. "Okay, I just want to scare you. The young lady loves you so much, how can I just drive you away? Go to work! When the doctor comes, ask him to take a good look. Don't fall anywhere."
Tian Ping's heart tightened, and he asked loudly, "Did the young lady fall again?"
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