Chapter 1117: Infiltration Everywhere
After asking someone to deliver the letter to Lu Zhaoling, Zhou Shiyue still wanted to go out of the city to take a look himself.
Others’ dissuasion was in vain, so they could only send people to follow Zhou Shiyue.
Zhou Shiyue only brought a dozen people with him. He ordered people to open the city gate and rode out of the city on horseback.
Just like General Qiu went out to look for traces of those people before, after leaving the city gate, Zhou Shiyue had been looking for traces left by General Qiu and his men when they left the city.
Perhaps because General Qiu and his men did not deliberately try to cover up their traces, Zhou Shiyue and his men soon found horse hoof prints left by many people after they went out, and the number probably matched.
They soon came to the conclusion that General Qiu had indeed taken the remaining hundreds of people out of the city.
"My Lord, should we keep looking?"
Qinglin was afraid that so many people would not come back after going out. It would be dangerous if the prince and these dozen people fell into the enemy's trap.
"Go back first."
Zhou Shiyue stopped his horse, looked ahead, and thought for a moment.
It was already bright, and one could see far away, because there was an open space outside the city and a long road outside the pass, with almost no obstruction. But there was still no sign of anyone, which meant that General Qiu and his men must have walked quite far.
Zhou Shiyue also knew that it would not make much sense to just chase after them for the time being. General Qiu brought a lot of people with him. If there was danger, the dozen or so people he brought with him would not be of much use. Moreover, it was still impossible to conclude that General Qiu and so many of his men were in danger.
It is also possible that after General Qiu took his men away, the soldiers guarding the city encountered strange things and became like this.
So they still had to go back to the city and take another look.
After Zhou Shiyue returned to the city, he asked people to carefully investigate the water source in the city. Dozens of people had been in trouble, so the most important thing to do was to carefully check the water source to see if it had been poisoned.
On this day they searched the city more carefully, to see if there were any spies lurking in the city.
Lu Zhaoling hardly slept that night.
She and Yin Yunting interrogated Zhou Yi many questions. Zhou Yi did not act up. He answered whatever was asked and seemed to be answering sincerely.
After asking, Lu Zhaoling began to draw talismans diligently and frantically with the golden pen.
She has used up a lot of talismans in the past two days, and she won't feel at ease until she has replenished her supply.
And because she was leaving Subei City, she had to leave some more talismans for these young men from the Qiu family so that they could continue patrolling at night.
In addition, Lu Zhaoling asked Mr. Qiu to call Lord Zong over.
Now Lord Zong did not dare to disobey Lu Zhaoling. He brought all the officials here. This was also Lu Zhaoling's request.
Lord Zong and the officials stayed in Subei. It can be said that if there is any emergency in Subei, they will have to rely on them. The matter is of great importance, and Lu Zhaoling has to look at the faces of all the officials.
At the very least, she had to rule out the possibility that some of the officers were possessed by ghosts or controlled by talismans.
In order to avoid someone stabbing him in the back, Mr. Qiu would not be able to defend against so many people.
Moreover, the next period will be the period when relief supplies need to be properly arranged and distributed, so Mr. Qiu will be very busy.
Lu Zhaoling had to ensure that the government officials would not hold him back or cause trouble behind his back.
It's true. After bringing everyone to her for a look, she was able to find out the two officers who were possessed by ghostly spirits.
There was no problem with the two officers for the time being, except that their reactions were a little slow and their bodies were a little cold.
But once something happens, as long as someone touches the few wisps of ghost energy left in them, they will lose their consciousness and become puppets that can only obey the orders of others. At that time, as long as they are given an order, they don't know what they will do. If they are allowed to set a fire and burn the relief supplies, they will be doomed.
Lu Zhaoling finally found time to go and see the officer who was maintaining order beside Hua Mudan when she was giving out porridge outside the city gate that day.
These people were forcibly detained and kept under custody in the Qiu Mansion, and they had already caused trouble.
What's the point of locking them up here for no reason?
But no one in the Qiu Mansion paid any attention to them, and they couldn't escape, so they could only curse here all day long.
Lu Zhaoling came here with Lord Zong, and those officers were still cursing at that time.
Lord Zong felt a little embarrassed after hearing what he said, so he quickly stepped forward and scolded them as well.
I am simply going to die. If I scold Mr. Qiu and the people in the Qiu Mansion now, it would be equivalent to expressing my dissatisfaction with Prince Jin and Miss Lu!
Who doesn't know that the Qiu Mansion now respects the couple of Prince Jin and Miss Lu?
After closing down the martial arts gym last night, Master Zong also learned something even more amazing—
Mr. Zhou San was also taken away by Miss Lu!
Miss Lu is so arrogant! No, she is really arrogant!
As a result, the skin on Master Zong's body suddenly tightened.
Before, he didn't dare to offend Prince Jin, but he also didn't want to offend Young Master Zhou San. He also secretly felt that the Qiu family was a bunch of straightforward people with no twists and turns in their minds, so he often chose to ignore them first. After all, the Qiu family was not a big deal, so he didn't hold a grudge against them.
But now Lord Zong doesn’t dare to do that.
He quickly repositioned his position.
After Lu Zhaoling entered the room, he first scolded the officers so much that they dared not raise their heads, and then invited Lu Zhaoling in.
Lu Zhaoling didn't intend to care about Master Zong's little thoughts at the moment.
She discovered that these officers were possessed by evil spirits.
It’s not serious, it just helps to control them a little bit, but if it’s not discovered, these people will be used by others in the future.
If all the government officials were controlled, when something really happened in Subei City, no one would obey Lord Zong's orders even if he shouted at the top of his lungs.
If the officials turn around and fight against the Qiu family, it will really be a mess.
Lu Zhaoling used a purification talisman to dispel the ghostly aura from them.
She asked them some more questions, and these officers themselves didn't know what was going on, and even felt that they were more powerful these days.
Even when they see people from the Qiu family, they have a sense of arrogance, thinking “So what if we’re from the Qiu family?”
I remember they weren't like this before.
Lu Zhaoling thought about it and decided to give each of them a talisman.
However, Qingyin and Qingbao, who were following her, saw it and felt so distressed that they cried.
"Miss, is it all free?" Qingbao asked in a low voice.
Lu Zhaoling sighed.
"It's a special time and a special place. There's nothing we can do about it."
Subei City has been riddled with countless holes by evil spirits, and there are so many problematic victims that even the officials have been tricked. It can be said that it has been infiltrated everywhere.
If she didn't give him more talismans, he would really be worried that this place wouldn't be able to be defended after she left temporarily.
"Master Ling, you are doing this for the Great Zhou and for the people. After you return to Beijing, ask the emperor for subsidies!" The emperor appeared.