After I traveled through the book, my sister kidnapped my mother

Outside Ningshi City

A young man in a green shirt got down from his horse. He wore a fu hat, a green round-necked robe, a short sword on his waist, and several people followed behind him.

As soon as they arrived at the city gate, the group immediately dismounted: "The Eastern Palace Left Guards are here for inspection on the orders of the Crown Prince."

The guard at the city gate stepped forward immediately.

After checking the documents and token, he let the person in respectfully.

The woman in green is named Xun Rui, and she is Wen Zhimiao's newly promoted personal guard.

"Please come in, sir." The leader of Ningshi City's defense came over to greet him personally.

"What's the situation in the city?" Xun Rui didn't exchange pleasantries with him, but went straight to the point and asked about the situation in Ningshi City.

"This...I am not very clear about it. The city defender is in charge of this matter." He was only responsible for the city defense and had no idea about such details.

"Take me to see the city defender." Xun Rui did not make things difficult for him. After all, it was not his responsibility.

Before she found the city guard, he came to greet her.

Xun Rui skipped the pleasantries and went straight to asking some questions he wanted to know.

The casualties in the city, the treatment situation, the number of people poisoned, etc.

After asking, they found out that the situation was even worse than the news they had received in Yunjing City. More than half of the people were poisoned, and there were simply not enough medicinal materials and doctors in the city.

"Your Highness has already ordered the urgent mobilization of medicinal materials from the surrounding areas. The Imperial Medical Bureau will also mobilize personnel. They should all arrive today. The city gates are still sealed and no one is allowed to enter or leave."

In addition, Wen Zhimiao also asked Su Qingluo to mobilize a lot of manpower to check the water sources in and around Ningshi City. At present, the water sources upstream are fine, and the situation downstream is also okay. The medicine given by Wu Ling only has a greater impact on Ningshi City. As it goes downstream, the efficacy of the medicine is much reduced and does not constitute a serious situation.

However, people in several villages along the way also suffered.

Today is the third day that Wen Zhimiao and Wu Ling had agreed on. If Wu Ling does not deliver the antidote as agreed today, then they will probably have to stop their journey back home today.

Xun Rui was accompanied by some warriors, but Xun Rui did not ask them to help. Instead, he dispersed them to some places inside and outside the city.

It was past noon and Xun Rui had not received any news yet.

She did not urge him, but continued to wait and patrol the city.

The city defender couldn't figure out what she was thinking and could only follow her.

It was not until the hour of Xu that someone came to Xun Rui and said, "Sir, we have captured the people. Five people in total. Two of them put the antidote in various water sources in the city, and the remaining three put it in medicinal herbs and food."

"Are they the only ones?" Xun Rui asked.

"Yes, I only saw a few of them."

"Ningshi City is not big, but with so many people, it is impossible that there are only a few of them. They are baits." Xun Rui snorted coldly.

"Are they all Lujin people?"

"Yes, Ningshi City is too close to Lujin, and people from Lujin come and go on weekdays."

"Lord City Guard, have you let anyone out since the incident in the city?"

"No, no, after all, since so many people were sick at the same time, I immediately sealed off the city gates and prohibited anyone from entering or leaving. After all, it would be troublesome if it was a plague or something like that."

Although it was later suggested that it might be poison, the city defenders received orders from their superiors not to open the city gates, so even if someone went out, they did so before the large-scale outbreak.

Xun Rui calculated the time. If the water source was outside the city, a very large amount of poison would be needed. However, the animals and plants outside the city were not greatly affected, which meant that the water source outside the city was definitely not poisoned in large quantities.

If you want this kind of poisoning to be effective quickly, you must do it inside the city.

If that's the case, they must have a base in the city.

"Has there been any fire in the city in the past few days?"

The city defender didn't take it seriously and quickly called his trusted people over.

"No, no, the earliest record of a fire was a month ago."

That means the stronghold has most likely not been destroyed yet.

Xun Rui narrowed her eyes slightly, asked the city guard to prepare some manpower for her, and then went on with her own business.

In the afternoon, the people dispatched by the Imperial Medical Bureau had arrived, and some medicinal herbs had also arrived. These herbs could not directly detoxify, but they were useful for subsequent recovery.

Xun Rui did not return all night, so the city defenders waited anxiously all night.

Xun Rui had not returned until the early morning of the next day. This was already the fourth day since Wen Zhimiao and Wu Ling had agreed to meet. Most people in Ningshi City felt that their symptoms had eased.

The poison was not completely eliminated, but they had eaten much more, and with the treatment of the doctors from the Imperial Medical Bureau, most people looked much more energetic.

But there are many people who cannot recover and even die from it.

Overall, there are not many, but there are more than 300 such people.

It was not until dark that day that the city defenders received news of Xun Rui again, and those who had been sent out had returned.

Xun Rui brought back a total of ten people, in addition to some antidotes.

As she expected, because the city defenders sealed off the city too quickly, some of Wu Ling's subordinates were unable to evacuate in time.

Those people from the Imperial Medical Bureau were overjoyed when they got the antidote.

Xun Rui also ordered his men to send the news of Ningshi City back as quickly as possible.

Four days was not enough for Wu Ling and his party to reach the border. Even though they were trying their best, there were too many of them and they could not travel as fast as Xun Rui and his party who kept changing horses and only slept for four and a half hours a day.

After a few days of hard work, he finally completed the task assigned by His Highness, and Xun Rui was finally able to have a full meal and a good sleep.

Yunjing is too far away from here, and it will take at least three days to receive the news.

Yun Jiuzhao and others were not far from here. If Wu Ling's people had not been captured, she would also be able to know the situation in Ningshi City. Unfortunately, her people had all been captured.

According to the speed of Wu Ling and others, it will take another two days to reach the vicinity of Ningshi City.

But the news from Ning Shicheng was delivered quickly.

Today they are staying in an inn. Wu Ling has booked the entire inn. No one else is allowed to stay where she is.

However, there are many people hiding in the teahouses, inns, restaurants, etc. around this inn.

In the middle of the night, a man in black easily entered Yun Jiuzhao's room. It was already late at night, but an oil lamp was still on in Yun Jiuzhao's room.

"My lord, the crisis in Ningshi City has been resolved." The man in black who came in hid in the dark corner of the room consciously, not revealing any shadow. She was wearing a mask and her face could not be seen. Her voice became deeper and deeper through the mask, enough for Yun Jiuzhao to hear clearly but not enough for people outside the door to hear.

"Okay, tell His Highness's people and the people from the Overwatch Council to take action after we pass Dongke City. There's no rush now."

"The princess can die now." Yun Jiuzhao sat under the lamp, flipping through a book in his hands.

"Here."

"How's Lu Jin doing?" Yun Jiuzhao asked.

"A few days ago, the pagans of the God Cult suddenly grew stronger, and many of the hypocritical behaviors of the God Cult were exposed. For a time, public resentment arose and many uprisings broke out."

"But it wasn't our people who did it."

"How is Lu Jin's martial arts world?"

"It's very chaotic, and many people have joined the various rebel armies."

"Princess Dama has already sent troops to suppress the rebellion. Although the rebels are powerful, they are unlikely to achieve anything significant." The man in black answered her again.

Yun Jiuzhao couldn't help but curl his lips: "Wanyue's movements are still fast."

"We don't need them to succeed, as long as Lu Jin gets in chaos."

"I'm glad that Ning Shicheng is okay. Send something to Chu Qiu to eat. He's been abused all day." Yun Jiuzhao shook his head. To say that Wu Ling was childish was because Chu Qiu had never been in a good mood towards her the whole time and refused to give her food no matter what she said.

"Here."

The man in black went out decisively.

Yun Jiuzhao continued reading. She was not poisoned, but her meridians were sealed and she could not use force. She had to meet Wu Ling and the others every day, so Yun Jiuzhao was too lazy to untie the poison.

I don’t know if Miaomiao has figured it out. There is no need for so many high-sounding reasons to declare war on Lu Jin.