C265 Outbreak(3)

Yi Gui's face was twisted. Although he knew what had happened, he didn't dare to look closely. His heart was beating wildly as he stole a glance at King Mo.

Yi Gui knew King Mo's temperament very well. He had a gentle and harmless appearance, but his clear eyes did not seem to possess any destructive power. After being poisoned, he had been stripped of his military authority, and now and then, he would show his sickness. However, in reality, he was still the King of Mo. He was the overseer of the three armies. He was a man who never blinked his eyes despite the blood. His bones never wore down the slightest bit of killing intent. He just went deeper and trained even more ruthlessly.

After the captain came down, Xiao Yi Xiu slowly put down the curtain. With a warm smile in his eyes, he asked, "Have you finished inspecting everything?"

"..." "Yes." The squad leader swallowed a mouthful of saliva with great difficulty, he still hadn't recovered from the magnificent scene from a moment ago.

"Does it look good?"

The captain didn't know how to reply.

Xiao Yi Xiu raised his hand, and Yi Gui understood. He slowly drew his sword from the ground at his waist and handed it over.

The instant the sword hilt was grasped, the red tassels on the sword tip vibrated. Everyone could only hear Mo Wang Qing's melodious voice, "Look good, and remember it in your heart. In the future, you will never see it again."

A sword light flashed as silver sword lights flashed one after another. Everyone felt their vision turn bright as they felt their vision turn black without any pain. Warm liquid slowly flowed down their cheeks.

The squad leader only had one thought running through his mind: "Why is the sky suddenly getting dark?" Suddenly, a sharp pain came from his eyes. He didn't have enough time to let out a long miserable scream, and started rolling on the ground while covering his face.

Miserable screams rang out one after another. The Silver Spear Iron-armored defenders fell to the ground, holding their eyes and wailing non-stop.

Xiao Yi Xiu didn't even look at them. He lifted his sword and shook it lightly. Fresh blood flowed down the sword slot, instantly becoming clean. Only the edge of the sword, brimming with killing intent, flashed in the sunlight.

Yi Gui took the sword from him and returned it to its sheath. He then jumped onto the carriage and whined, causing the horse he was driving to snort loudly.

Xiao Yi Xiu said as he sat in the carriage beside the carriage, "This king's wife is not one that anyone can casually look at. If they do, they have to pay a price. I let you live so that you can go back and report. "

Yi Gui no longer looked at the group of people rolling on the ground as he drove the carriage through the city gate.

Gu Qingli looked at the cold and emotionless smile on Xiao Yixiu's face that even contained killing intent. She couldn't help but reach out to grab his hand.

He leaned over and sat beside her, then pulled her into his arms again. He used his hand, which had blinded more than twenty people, to caress her face.

Gu Qingli sighed lightly and moved her hand to her lips, kissing his fingers one by one. She seemed to smell the blood on his fingers, but in reality, there was only the light fragrance of the bath beans. Royal baths often had expensive spices added on them, such as cloves, joss sticks, water flowers, and musk.

"Actually, a man like you is truly very frightening."

"Are you afraid of me?" Xiao Yi Xiu pressed his hand against her forehead, the smile in his eyes as gentle as water.

Gu Qingli shook her head. "Actually, it's just a small matter. Aren't you afraid of others noticing that the poison in your body has already been expunged?"

He slightly raised his face and focused for a moment before smiling, "Soon. Even if they haven't noticed, someone will force me to make a move sooner or later."

"For example — today."

Gu Qingli nodded silently.

With her personality, she would never lower her head easily, but today's matter was obviously not simple. She had cooperated with others to let them find out so that they wouldn't make things difficult for Xiao Yixiu.

However, even if she did cooperate, this matter still couldn't be resolved so easily. Who would have thought that Xiao Yi Xiu would be so indignant as to go so far as to blind so many of the defenders for her?

Whether it was fortune or misfortune, it could not be avoided. With this thought, Gu Qing Li's heart calmed down and changed the topic. "What do you think about the plague?" If it were to explode in the capital, wouldn't that mean that even the officials living in the outer city wouldn't be able to escape detection? "

"Let's talk about it at the court tomorrow. In contrast, the Helian siblings are not allowed to casually bring them out of the city in the recent days. The inner city may not have much of a scenery, but a few major roads are still bustling with life.

This was not a season where epidemics happened easily. Furthermore, the weather in the capital was extremely good, with no droughts, floods, or the like, why would there be an outbreak of plague without any warning?

"It's better if you spend some time with them. I want to go to the outer city to check out the epidemic situation."

Xiao Yi Xiu thought about it for a moment. Gu Qing Li's medical skills were marvelous. Perhaps she could really help, so he agreed.

He knew that the Gu Master had used some sort of method to cause her to fall into such a state, so he could only send her back to the dungeon. He sent a maid to serve her and had the shadow guards keep an eye on her from time to time.

The next day, when the morning assembly arrived, someone began to talk about the plague in the outer city. He said that the famous doctors in the city had gathered to discuss the details of the epidemic, and that Jing Zhaoyin was able to deal with it in time.

At the same time, both the inner and outer city will strengthen their patrolling and pass the inspection.

After all, this was the capital city, and the inner and outer city were merely walls. If the outer city became popular, then the inner city might not survive.

He did not mention a single word about how he had intercepted King Mo's carriage at the entrance of the inner city yesterday, causing the city guards to go berserk.

Xiao Yi Xiu laughed coldly in his heart. He knew that the army wasn't dispatched by the normal route, and they even made such rude demands on the streets. Even if they had sufficient reasons to pass the inspection, they still wouldn't offend the royal family's women.

Last night, he had heard from Lu Linghui that the troop of Fierce Beasts that was branded on their breastplates belonged to the Fire Hou Battalion. It was a personal guard unit that Xiao Yijin had developed after taking over the command of the imperial army.

After all, the disasters and man-made disasters in the rest of the cities were still far away from the real world, and only the epidemic was close at hand. The majority of the officials in the capital lived in the outer city because of their position and wealth, so even those who lived in the inner city like Gu Zhaoran had to have private residences in the outer city.

Speaking of some countermeasures, the Emperor nodded his head and said, "The defense between the inner and outer city must be strengthened. Those who are suspected of being infected must not enter the inner city again.

These words made everyone anxious. Although the outer city was dangerous, there were still relatives. How could they be at ease to never return? Thus, each of them looked anxious. Lin Qiao, the vice minister of the military department, said anxiously, "My parents and family are all in the outer city. How can I ignore them?"