Warm Emperor's Favorite: Abandoned Concubine

Chapter 1099 The Childish Play of the City Lord

Jin Baozhen shook his head: "I'll go and see!"

Feng Qi grabbed her: "Don't go, we can't control it!"

"But..." Jin Baozhen felt that those common people were pitiful.

Feng Qi said: "After dark is the time when those bacteria and parasites are active."

"You mean you're afraid that parasitic beasts will come in? Isn't there ice?" Jin Baozhen said.

Feng Qi shook her head: "I don't know."

"Xiao Er, why are people from outside the city not allowed in?" Jin Baozhen asked.

Xiao Er ran over and said, "It's like this. Those people outside trembled and trembled after touching the ice cubes, and returned to normal after they stopped touching the ice cubes. So these are suspected villains."

Feng Qi nodded: "So that's the case, I knew I wouldn't keep people from coming in for no reason!"

Jin Baozhen threw a piece of silver to Xiaoer: "What's the name of the city lord?"

"The castellan's surname is Bai, and the single name is a good character. He is the nephew of the old castellan!" Xiaoer answered all the questions after winning the silver reward.

Feng Qi laughed loudly: "Pfft...Bai Liang, the white wolf, what a little white wolf in sheep's clothing!"

"What?" Jin Baozhen looked at her suspiciously.

Feng Qi shook her head: "It's nothing, eat quickly, rest after eating."

Everyone was resting in the inn, and in the middle of the night they heard strange noises.

Feng Qi opened her eyes and saw Xuanyuan Yi standing by the window looking in the direction of the city gate.

"What's wrong?" Feng Qi asked.

"There is movement outside the city, it should be that those who were left outside have started to mutate." Xuanyuan Yi replied.

"Let's go to the tower to have a look!" Feng Qi said.

The two were about to go out when they saw a small sedan chair being carried up to the city tower, and a man wearing a white cloak came out of it, with a big hat on the cloak, so that his face could not be seen.

Feng Qi listened carefully.

"City Master, what about the people below?" the soldier said.

"Shoot and kill, and then use kerosene!" The city lord's voice was cold and emotionless.

"Yes!" The soldier immediately called out to prepare bows and arrows.

When the bow and arrow were ready, the people below could hear screams.

"Pour oil directly on the fire," said the city lord.

Soon, the sound outside became quiet, and a strange smell wafted in the air.

"He is a decisive person." Feng Qi said.

The city lord on the tower looked back towards Feng Qi, but unfortunately Feng Qi couldn't see the other party's face.

Xuanyuan Yi said: "He found us, he seems to be quite skilled, let's pay a visit tomorrow and talk about these mutant beasts."

When Feng Qi saw Xuanyuan Yi talking to the city lord, she knew that he was speaking to the city lord on purpose, but she didn't know if the other party could read lips.

"Forget it, go to sleep!" Feng Qi continued to catch up on sleep.

Xuanyuan Yi closed the window with his hands.

The city lord raised his head slightly, only to see his thin red lips curled up slightly, he seemed to know that Xuanyuan Yi and others would go to visit tomorrow.

On the second day, Feng Qi talked about what happened last night while having breakfast.

Jin Baozhen said, "I don't know, my room is not facing the city gate."

Mingjue remained silent, but his brows were tightly frowned.

Feng Qi said: "Anyway, let's pay a visit to the city lord to understand the situation. It would be easy if he also encountered mutant beasts, so we don't need to explain."

Jin Baozhen nodded: "Well, how far do we go to Yan Kingdom? Could it be that the people of Yan Kingdom already know about the existence of those mutant beasts, and deliberately intercepted the mutant beasts at this bottleneck-like level?"

Feng Qi smiled and said: "It's possible, but I still have to ask to know."

The four of them had a simple breakfast and then walked on the street.

"Dangdangdang..." The gong sounded loudly.

"The city lord distributes the medicine, hurry up and queue up to get it!"

The common people ran to the central square like crazy.

Feng Qi raised her eyebrows: "Drugs? These mutant beasts don't have effective drugs to prevent them!"

"Take a copy and come back and have a look!" Xuanyuan Yi said.

Feng Qi nodded: "Go!"

Xuanyuan Yi went over with lightness kung fu and was directly in front of the queue, but he had to wait for a quarter of an hour before receiving a soup in a bamboo tube.

Feng Qi went over and sniffed it: "It seems to be muddy water!"

"Mudy water?" Jin Baozhen sniffed it, and it really had a strong earthy smell.

Holding it in her hand, Feng Qi sent the medicine into the warehouse: "Angela, take a look at this."

After the inspection, Angela said blankly: "Why are you testing me with muddy water? Test my ability?"

Feng Qi was speechless, thought for a while and said: "This is the decoction given by the city lord to the people. I thought it was something I had never seen before!"

"Oh..." Angela was silent again.

After an hour, Angela said: "I have already analyzed it completely. This is indeed ordinary muddy water, which has no medicinal properties at all. If there is any use for it, it can treat heatstroke!"

Feng Qi repeated Angela's words, and the four of them stared wide-eyed.

Jin Baozhen was bumped accidentally.

"Ah, I'm sorry, the old woman has bad eyesight, so I spilled the medicine." It was a mother-in-law who hit the person, and she was holding a bamboo tube in her hand, but the medicine in the bamboo tube was definitely not muddy water.

Feng Qi touched it quickly with her hand and said, "It's okay, you go slowly!"

Angela cooperatively collected the medicinal juice, and after analyzing it, she said, "This is an anti-inflammatory and detoxifying decoction, which can lower people's body temperature."

Feng Qi asked: "If the body temperature drops, will the mutant beast show its feet?"

"That's right, but it doesn't rule out that mutant beasts are afraid of such things." Angela replied.

Feng Qi nodded, and her eyes fell on the muddy water in her hand again: "What does this city lord mean? Why did you give us muddy water and other people's potion?"

Jin Baozhen looked at Xuanyuan Yi: "Is there anything unusual when I gave you the medicine?"

Xuanyuan Yi thought for a moment: "The medicines are all packed in bamboo tubes, it seems that when the man gave me the medicines, he looked at me carefully, and then took the bucket closest to him."

Feng Qi sneered: "It seems that the city lord saw us last night, but such a prank is too childish."

"What? You mean the city lord deliberately tricked us?" Jin Baozhen said in surprise.

Xuanyuan Yi sneered: "Really, we'll know when we go!"

They continued to move forward, and the city lord's mansion was on the north side of the square, covering a large area, and the walls were painted with white lime, which was very clean.

When they came to the main gate, the soldiers at the gate glared at them: "Stop, this is the City Lord's Mansion, don't intrude!"

Feng Qi said: "We want to meet the city lord!"

"Yes, we can see you when you arrive in the normal queue. If you want to be ahead of ten people, you have to pay 1000 taels of silver." The soldier replied.

Feng Qi raised her eyebrows: "Then where do we line up?"

The soldier pointed to the corner: "Over there, you will know when you go there!"

Feng Qi nodded, and walked towards the corner. After turning the corner, the four of them were all dumbfounded. There are eight hundred people in this line, not to mention a thousand people. If there are more than ten people, the price is 1000 taels. How much is it worth if you meet directly?
(End of this chapter)