Xiao and the others were very fast, and it only took them half a day to find the place where Han Zhen said the Central Army was being held.
It was an underground prison, and more than a thousand Central Army troops were imprisoned there.
Most of the Central Army members were so drugged that they couldn't even use half of their strength, let alone their spiritual power.
Xiao reported what he knew to Ling Xuewei.
Ling Xuewei said, "Don't startle the grass yet."
They sent medicine and food as usual. Now, the more arrogant and careless the enemy is, the more advantageous it is to them.
Only by completely paralyzing the enemy can they take the opportunity to find evidence.
Xiao Xiao took the order and went out.
Ling Xuewei opened the scroll in front of her, which was sent by Qingwu.
No wonder Shan Hongyun is so impatient. This evidence is enough to send the Shan family into hell.
If you don’t investigate, you won’t know. For so many years, the Shan family has been rampant in Fuzhou, not to mention the number of lives involved. They secretly exploited iron mines, killed innocent people indiscriminately, smuggled weapons, and robbed and plundered... There are so many crimes that are too numerous to describe.
Any one of them can ruin their reputation.
However, because the Shan family is a century-old giant and has been entrenched in Fuzhou all year round. To put it bluntly, it is the local snake here. There are more than 10,000 disciples and staff in the sect. In addition, the five nobles have been united in the past two years and want to get rid of them.
If you don't want to go to war or break out a war, you need to be cautious.
After all, if you are not careful, it may turn into a trigger for a war, which goes against Ling Xuewei's original intention.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have to spend so much effort to lurk and hide her identity. Wouldn't it be easier to directly lead the three armies and destroy them?
The wildfire never burns out, but the spring breeze blows and rekindles it.
What these noble families fear most is not being able to eradicate the root causes.
Therefore, even if it takes some effort, Ling Xuewei will hit the target with one strike without giving them a chance to breathe.
…
Two more days passed.
In the peaceful Qingquan City, the refugee rebellion finally broke out.
Historically known as the "Qingquan Rebellion".
Because this riot involved nearly 100,000 people! The refugees inside and outside the city rioted together!
This chaos has completely upgraded from the original "little fight"!
As for the trigger of this riot, it was the expansion of the "toxic plague".
A poisonous plague also appeared in the city, which was spread from the resettlement camp. In just three to five days, hundreds of people were infected!
Thousands of people have experienced varying degrees of fever, vomiting, itching, dizziness and other symptoms.
As soon as someone in the resettlement camp was found to be infected, they were immediately isolated. However, the situation became more and more serious. Soon, symptoms of infection also appeared among ordinary people. Then, the situation began to get out of control...
When ordinary people saw this, they were immediately afraid, thinking that the refugees had brought the disease in, so they gathered to make trouble in the resettlement camp.
At first it was just a small commotion, but as the condition became more serious, the conflict began to expand.
Eventually it turned into a conflict between local people and refugees!
The soldiers were powerless to stop...
Ling Xuewei was at the scene and saw the riot with her own eyes, but found that someone was secretly adding fuel to the flames.
The secret guards locked a few people in their sights, followed them, and found that they had entered a remote courtyard. When they came out again, those people had changed from civilian clothes and put on disciple uniforms.
They are the outer disciples of the five great nobles.
As they added fuel to the flames, the riots intensified and deaths occurred...
It stands to reason that at this time, the Central Army should step in to solve the problem.
But several days have passed, and there is no trace of the Central Army.
The next day, in a restaurant, news emerged that the Central Army had killed civilians.
Soon, there were rumors that the Central Army was drinking and having fun in the brothel.
Either it was the Central Army's horses that were rampaging through the downtown area, trampling and injuring more than a dozen people.
…
These rumors have led to divergent opinions. Coupled with the fact that some people are secretly adding fuel to the flames, the reputation of the Central Army is getting worse and worse. Especially at this time, disasters continue to occur in various parts of Fuzhou, and the poisonous plague and refugee riots have made the people's impression of it even worse.
Not good.
Sometimes, people easily follow public opinion and are easily manipulated.
Not in the center, I have never seen the truth with my own eyes. It is like looking at flowers through sand, always separated by a layer.
However, some people don't believe it. After all, the Central Army's prestige is still very high in various places. Especially the 18th Army led by Han Zhen has a high reputation in Fuzhou and has a lot of supporters.
But now Han Zhen and the Central Army have never shown up, which gives Shan Hongyun and others an excuse to "manipulate public opinion", fan the flames, and pour dirty water on the Central Army. In addition, they have placed people in the Central Army early.
These people were allowed to act out such a show of "tyranny" and "disregard for human life". As expected, those who originally insisted on supporting the Central Military Army began to waver.
"Isn't Inspector Han that kind of person?"
"Who knows! You know people, faces, but not hearts!"
"That's right! Maybe he's disguised! Otherwise, why didn't the Central Army show up at this time?"
"If you dare to talk nonsense again, be careful of my fist!"
"Ah! I hit someone!"
…
So that day, a beating occurred in a teahouse in Southwest City.
The one who hit him was a corpse hunter from a certain guild.
As a result, everyone soon targeted the guild.
Just at this moment, an explosive news detonated the entire Qingquan City!
The source of the plague was actually brought by a beast hunted by a certain guild from outside!
Now everyone was shocked!
Soon, news came that the soldiers had found the corpses of rotting and stinky beasts from the guild. A highly respected doctor extracted the same poison as the plague from the corpses, and finally determined that the source of the infection came from here.
As soon as this news came out, the whole city was in an uproar!
No less powerful than the detonation of a nuclear bomb!
The entire Qingquan City was completely blown up!
"It turns out that the culprit is the Thunder Guild!"
"I already knew it was the Thunder Guild's problem!"
Someone was doing it as an afterthought.
"How is that possible?!"
"Even if there is something wrong with this beast, how did other people get infected?"
Some people also raised doubts.
"Perhaps I accidentally bumped into it on the way to transportation?"
"But……"
Some people still felt that there were many doubts, but soon the wave of public opinion became one-sided.
Countless people targeted the guild!
Especially the family members of those who died, they directly led a group of people to the guild and started smashing them without caring!
Ling Xuewei watched from a distance, and saw that there were probably hundreds of people making trouble, and more than half of them were family members of the victims.
When the two parties clashed, some of these people secretly stirred up trouble and deliberately said things that caused conflicts. Sure enough, the families of the victims were angered and took action directly!
The people in the guild are monks, so they are no match for them.
But the people in the guild also know not to be impulsive at this time...