"Lord City Lord, have these officials' mysterious deaths within three years not attracted attention?" Su Yunfei looked at the City Lord and asked in a deep voice.
According to the archives, after the plague ended, those officials all had physical problems. Because managing the plague was too tiring and laborious, no one thought much about it at the time. Only a thoughtful person like Su Yunfei could notice it.
The city lord was slightly startled, cupped his fists and saluted, and said helplessly:
"I'm sorry, Chief Su. I haven't dealt with the plague before, so I don't know much about it."
Su Yunfei held his hands up and said:
"I don't blame the city lord. I want to check the files of all the people who got the plague in Nanli City."
The city lord said respectfully:
"Chief Su, you can check it out at will, and I will arrange for another hundred officials to assist you!"
Su Yunfei cupped his fists and returned the gift.
"Thank you, Lord City Lord!"
For the next seven days, Su Yunfei and others searched the archives room for files on the people who died from the plague in Nanli City, almost without stopping.
Xiao Yue'er felt that she had miscalculated this time. She thought she could go sightseeing with her brother Yunfei, but unexpectedly she ended up in the archives room checking files.
Su Yunfei looked at Xiao Yue'er's annoyed expression and rewarded her with an imperial sword. Xiao Yue'er instantly became energetic and checked particularly hard.
Seven days later, all the files were finally checked. During the plague in 13 years, more than 300,000 people died in Nanli City. So after checking, the officials walked out of the archives room with dark circles under their eyes.
Su Yunfei, four people, Wu Changqing, and the six city lords sat together. Su Yunfei said in a deep voice:
"Based on the files of the people in Nanli City who died from the plague, I found one thing in common. These people all have more or less abilities that are different from ordinary people. They are either extremely powerful, or have amazing ears, eyesight, and hearing, or They are candidate disciples of some sects, and I don’t believe there is no conspiracy.”
Everyone has been in the archives these days. Even Wu Changqing helped for three days. After hearing Su Yunfei's words, everyone agreed and felt solemn. If it was really a conspiracy, then everyone was puzzled as to what the mastermind behind the scenes was planning. Its solution.
Immediately, Su Yunfei took out a talisman sword and wrote a letter and sent it to the capital. He wanted to check whether the plague situation in various places in Daxia Kingdom over the years was the same as that in Nanli City.
"Lord City Lord, please arrange for some people to accompany me to visit the families of those who died from the plague." Su Yunfei said, cupping his fists.
The Lord of the City did not hesitate at all and was very strong in execution. He quickly mobilized more than a thousand soldiers and government officials to assist Su Yunfei.
Su Yunfei, Xiao Yue'er and Liu Rusheng Cai'er divided their troops into two groups and visited the homes of each family member.
Su Yunfei led Xiao Yue'er to an old house in the south of the city. The person who opened the door was a woman over fifty years old. When she saw the handsome figure and the porcelain doll-like Xiao Yue'er, she was immediately surprised and asked:
"What's the matter with you two?"
Su Yunfei said:
"Hello, we are officials from the City Lord's Mansion. We would like to know something about your son?"
When she heard that it was her son, the woman looked sad and shed tears uncontrollably.
"My poor child, he was only fifteen years old when he left. What mistake did he make? God gave him the plague. God is unfair!"
"My condolences, Auntie, we want to know if your son is any different from ordinary people? And what happened to him before the plague?" Su Yunfei comforted his wife and asked softly.
"Come in and talk!" The woman stopped crying and led Su Yunfei and Xiao Yue'er into the courtyard. The three of them sat at the stone table in the courtyard. The woman said softly:
"My son's ears have been extremely sensitive since he was a child. Even if the neighbor next door is hiding in the house and whispering, my son can hear clearly. Thirteen years ago, he was spotted by an immortal master from the Qingyun Sect and said that my son has the potential to become an immortal master. Who knew that my son would get the plague not long after, otherwise my son would definitely become an immortal master, God, why did you take my son away!"
The more the woman talked, the more excited she became. She burst into tears and made Xiao Yue'er cry. Su Yunfei felt a headache and comforted her.
It took a long time to comfort the two of them.
Then, Su Yunfei and Xiao Yue'er visited many family members of those who died from the plague. Without exception, those who died from the plague were all extraordinary people.
At this point, Su Yunfei was completely convinced that there was definitely a conspiracy, but he couldn't figure out who was behind the scenes and what was his purpose.
The results of Liu Rusheng and Cai'er's visits were the same. Wu Changqing was not idle either. He led a team of people to visit for a day and got the same results.
Just when everyone was analyzing the results in the evening, a minister from the Daxia royal family flew to the city lord's palace. After seeing Su Yunfei, he bowed respectfully and said:
"See Chief Su, Master Li Kangda asked me to give this to you."
After handing the Najie to Su Yunfei, the royal family left. Su Yunfei immediately opened the Najie. Inside was a detailed record of the plagues that had occurred over the past five thousand years since the founding of the Xia Kingdom, filling the entire Najia.
Seeing so many files, Xiaoyue'er immediately cried and wanted to check the files again.
Everyone spent three days checking all the files and found that the plague had occurred on average every ten years for five thousand years. The location was irregular, but without exception, everyone infected with the plague would die, and the officials who dealt with the plague would also die within three years. One after another died.
Thirteen years ago was the largest and last outbreak of plague in history. Half of the three thousand counties in Daxia were affected by the plague, and the death toll reached more than 60 million.
After reading these files, Su Yunfei frowned and fell into deep thought. Who is the mastermind behind this and what is his purpose?
Suddenly he remembered the Time Pond, and then led everyone to the Demon Suppression Hall. Su Yunfei recalled in his mind the cremation of those who died due to the plague, hoping to find where those bodies were.
Because it happened thirteen years ago, Su Yunfei didn't spend much energy, but to his surprise, the picture was always blurry. After trying it many times, the picture was still blurry.
You don't need to think about it to know that someone has deceived you.
Everyone walked out of the Demon Suppression Hall with depressed expressions on their faces.
Su Yunfei smiled bitterly. He originally wanted to accompany Liu Rusheng and Cai'er to find their parents who had disappeared for thirteen years, but they found out about an eternal conspiracy. Although they knew it was a conspiracy, they didn't even have any clues.
Everyone sat in the lobby of the City Lord's Mansion, frowning and silent.
Xiao Yue'er's big eyes rolled around, looking at Su Yunfei and Liu Rusheng. Seeing that the adults were silent, she sat obediently, feeling very bored.
Just when everyone was frowning, the previous minister of the Daxia royal family came to the city lord's mansion again and told Su Yunfei something, which instantly made him frown.
During the great plague that affected half of the Xia Kingdom thirteen years ago, two officials who dealt with the plague survived. One was in Luoxian City, Beihu County, and the other was in Fengxian City, Nanhu County.
Su Yunfei was overjoyed and rewarded the royal family with 10,000 amethyst stones. Then he and Liu Rusheng split their troops. He took Xiao Yue'er to Luoxian City, while Liu Rusheng and Cai'er went to Nanhu County.
Luoxian City is a famous city because the remains of a great Immortal Mirror monk are buried here. Luoxian City is also a famous longevity town in the Xia Kingdom, and there are many mortals over a hundred years old.
Because the slough of the immortal mirror contains powerful Taoist charms, it can attract good luck and avoid bad luck, get rid of evil spirits, and make the place prosperous.
After more than four hours, Su Yunfei and Xiao Yue'er arrived at the gate of a two-entry courtyard in Luoxian City.
"Excuse me, is Mr. Zhang at home?"
The surviving official in Luoxian City was named Zhang. He soon heard Mr. Zhang’s response,
"I'm coming!"
Su Yunfei saw that Mr. Zhang was in good spirits, had a strong body, and had kind eyes like a kind old grandfather.
"Young man, little girl, what do you want from me? Come into the yard and chat. I just bought a melon this morning. Let's chat while we eat."
Mr. Zhang enthusiastically led Su Yunfei and Xiao Yue'er into the yard, then cut the watermelon soaked in the water tank and handed it to Su Yunfei and Xiao Yue'er.
Su Yunfei could tell that Mr. Zhang was probably very lonely without his children around him. He usually didn't even have anyone to talk to, so when he saw someone visiting him, he felt lonely.
Very enthusiastic.
Su Yunfei and Xiao Yue'er were not polite, picked up the watermelon and started to eat it, enjoying the rare leisure time these days.
Mr. Zhang saw the two little kids eating happily and smiled kindly.
"My son is now serving as the magistrate of a county under the jurisdiction of the capital. He is also considered a capital official."
"My daughter is married to a wealthy businessman. My wealthy businessman's son-in-law treats my daughter very well and does not even marry a concubine."
"Oh, by the way, my daughter-in-law gave birth to a big fat boy for our old Zhang family last year."
"..."
Mr. Zhang was very talkative and talked a lot without even bothering to eat. Su Yunfei and Xiao Yue'er were sensible enough not to interrupt and kept listening attentively.
After they had finished talking, Mr. Zhang asked what Su Yunfei wanted from him.
"What do you two want from me?"
"Mr. Zhang, were you an official in Nanli City thirteen years ago?"
"That's right, I worked as the chief clerk of the City Lord's Mansion in Nanli City for seven years."
"You were responsible for dealing with the plague thirteen years ago, right? Were you present during the entire process when the corpses were cremated?"
After hearing about the plague thirteen years ago, Mr. Zhang looked sad, his eyes became dim, and he became silent, his eyes became moist. After a long time, he sighed and said:
"Alas! So many people died in that plague. Most of them were young people. Hundreds of thousands of people. Alas! I was responsible for controlling the plague from beginning to end. On the day of the cremation, hundreds of thousands of corpses were piled up. The mountain burned for seven days and seven nights before it ended. Now I can’t help crying when I think of that scene. They are all young people!”
"Are you sure those corpses were burned to ashes?"
"I'm absolutely sure!"
Hearing Master Zhang's determination, Su Yunfei was even more certain that this matter was definitely a shocking conspiracy, because there were no ashes in the cremation place.
Immediately, Su Yunfei continued to ask:
"Mr. Zhang, after the plague ended, did you feel any physical discomfort? Many officials involved in controlling the plague died within three years. You..."
"Sigh~ One month after the plague ended, I felt very weak and my health was getting worse day by day. At that time, I thought it might be because I was tired from managing the plague. After all, the plague lasted for more than half a year, so I resigned and returned to my hometown, saying It’s strange that after I returned to Luoxian City, my fatigue disappeared, my food tasted delicious, and my health felt better. However, those colleagues who died were said to have passed away peacefully.”
Su Yunfei was shocked. Those officials were definitely assassinated by the mastermind behind the scenes with ulterior motives. It was because there was an immortal in Luoxian City that Master Zhang recovered quickly.
Finally, Su Yunfei asked:
"Didn't the court notice anything unusual?"
Mr. Zhang recalled it and said:
"At first, no one noticed anything unusual. It was understandable that the plague was overworked and overworked. However, Mr. Li Kangda, who was the governor of Jingzhao Prefecture at that time, noticed something unusual, but after a long period of investigation, there was no result."
Su Yunfei frowned and decided to ask Li Kangda. Li Kangda was meticulous and could solve cases like a god. He must have a clue.
