The fire around Songbaiju was quickly suppressed and the fire did not spread outwards.

However, this was clearly a man-made arson, and it was not difficult to find that the perpetrators of the arson were heading east of the city.

The official response was not slow. A cavalry army led by several criminal officials and military generals soon appeared on the streets that had become more noisy and chaotic due to the fire.

In a large open space near the east gate of the city that was originally used to carefully inspect bulk goods, hundreds of city gate defenders have surrounded dozens of people. More defenders are coming along the city wall, and at the same time, they are supposed to be released.

All city gates are closed for one hour, and no one is allowed to enter or exit.

The cavalry galloping from the military camp arrived quickly.

The calmness and composure of the dozens of people surrounded made a middle-aged general in chainmail armor who was at the forefront of the cavalry frown. He dared to set fire openly and stayed here, and could do so calmly.

There are only two possibilities for the team, one has terrifying force that can ignore the entire city's garrison, and the other has a background that there is no need to worry about at all.

Just when the middle-aged general began to rein in his horse and slow down, preparing to stop outside the encirclement of the city gate defenders, he saw a young man wearing a wide sleeved shirt focusing on him.

"Who among you can call the shots?"

The young man suddenly spoke calmly.

"Who are you?" The middle-aged general stopped and frowned even more.

The young man did not respond, but took out a token from his sleeve and threw it towards the middle-aged general from a distance.

The middle-aged general caught this extremely heavy golden token, but at a glance he saw that it was extremely complicated. Even the best craftsmen in Houque City could not imitate the layers of dragon patterns carved on his face.

It suddenly changed.

He immediately thought of what was happening to the west, and vaguely guessed the purpose of this procession.

After a brief delay, he flew off his horse, and with many people behind him looking in astonishment, waved his hand to expand the defenders' encirclement. Then he walked in front of the young man and bowed slightly to the group of people.

Lin Xi bowed slightly in return.

"Do you need me to do anything?"

The middle-aged general handed the golden token in his hand back to Lin Xi, then lowered his voice and asked respectfully.

"We are going to camp here. You send people to help us defend and isolate a five hundred-step undefended circle for us. All the best archers among the generals are mobilized. Except for our people, not even any birds or animals

They can't be let in. - Lin Xi was not polite. He looked at the middle-aged general and said softly: "We want to investigate an extremely important enemy in the city... From now until noon tomorrow, no one can be let in at the city gate checkpoint.

Let no one leave Houque City."

The middle-aged general nodded without hesitation.

Although he knew that even if he just closed the city gate to traffic for most of the day, he would definitely be under pressure from countless large merchants, but at this moment he knew very well who was fighting whom, and he knew that even if the provincial governor was there at this moment,

Here, you will also choose to implement the other party's request.

"After extinguishing the remaining fire in Songbaiju, set up a cordon and prohibit anyone from entering the fire scene, otherwise those who enter will most likely die." Lin Xi looked at the middle-aged general and added.

The middle-aged general looked stern, "Is there anything else you want me to do?"

Lin Xi pondered for a moment, and saw An Keyi walking slowly in the distance. He whispered again: "Issuing martial law. Before we leave tomorrow, no one will be allowed to go to high places in the city, and all brass eagle eyes will be confiscated first.

.Deploy manpower at high places around, and arrest anyone who is suspicious of spying on us."

…

Because they fled from Pine and Cypress Center in a very hasty manner, they were unable to conceal their whereabouts and only had time to bring out three carriages.

One of the largest carriages was naturally used by Lin Xi as a place to discuss matters.

"So what happened?"

Gao Yanan looked directly at Lin Xi and asked.

She knew that Lin Xi couldn't possibly know more than her, so she found the whole thing extremely weird.

"In short, Wenren Cang Yue has a very powerful person named Gongsun Quan. He is a master of refining and using poisons. Tonight, he wants to use the means of killing everyone in the Songbai Center to severely injure them.

Our team." Lin Xi looked at her brows and explained concisely: "We found the person who launched the attack, but that person is probably just one of Gongsun Quan's subordinates, not Gongsun Quan himself."

"Kill everyone in such a big inn?"

Gao Yanan, who originally felt that Lin Xi was hiding something from him and was even angry, suddenly froze and turned pale.

Jiang Xiaoyi, Bian Linghan and Meng Bai also froze immediately, their faces full of shock and disbelief.

"How did you find out that Gongsun Quan had taken action?" An Keyi looked at Lin Xi as if she were looking at a book she couldn't understand.

"I don't want to tell lies, but even if I really explain some things, you will still find them ridiculous." Lin Xi looked at An Keyi, Gao Yanan and others, and smiled bitterly: "So don't ask me why I know... I just know.

.”

Jiang Xiaoyi and Bian Linghan looked at each other and smiled bitterly. They had seen many unexplainable things that happened to Lin Xi, so in their hearts, they both felt that Lin Xi might have some kind of weird intuition.

Meng Bai was dumbfounded, but his whole body was constantly chilled, and he felt that Lin Xi was like an unknown monster.

Gao Yanan thought of a certain conversation between himself and Lin Xi in the college, and frowned, but did not ask any more questions.

An Keyi became obviously sluggish. She thought about it seriously for a long time. Suddenly, she seemed to have figured out some key issue, and a gleam of light that she had never seen before flashed in her eyes.

"What did you mean when you asked me how many people I could poison quickly at once?" She stopped asking, but tried her best to control her mood and looked at Lin Xi and asked.

"I thought of a possible way to find out the real Gongsun Quan. The premise is that Teacher, you must absolutely believe in me and carry out my orders. I need Teacher, you must be able to poison many people at once." Lin Xi looked at Encore.

In the deepest part of Yi's eyes, from the luster hidden in An Keyi's black pupils, he knew that this female professor, who looked dull but was actually extremely smart, might have learned from some of Dean Zhang's deeds and what happened to him at this moment.

This unexplainable thing, as well as Vice Dean Xia's special attention to him, guessed that he had the talent of "General God". But An Keyi is a person that both Vice Dean Xia and himself trust very much, so he

He was not worried, knowing that An Keyi would definitely try his best to hide his identity as a "general god".

"Teacher, can you poison everyone in such a large area as Songbaiju at once?" Lin Xi then asked seriously.

An Keyi glanced at Lin Xi, and suddenly thought of Lin Xi's performance in the fire at Qingluan College. The deepest part of her eyes suddenly became brighter, and she nodded a little too hard: "Okay."

"What are you going to do?" Gao Yanan looked at Lin Xi and said, "This plan should be clearly explained?"

"I really can't explain it."

Lin Xi looked at Gao Yanan extremely apologetically and said: "But I always feel that the real Gongsun Quan can't help but come to see us... I shot an arrow yesterday, and the arrow shot by Xiao Hei is as powerful as the ordinary soul soldier's long bow.

If there is a big difference, he may be unable to help but look at Teacher An, or the archer who fired the arrow. Or he may not give up and continue to attack...or he may be extremely unwilling and want to see

See what kind of opponent broke his game. Or he is unwilling to fail, unwilling to be looked down upon by us, and takes action to remind us that he is still alive... Human nature always has some weaknesses, no matter what the reason, as long as he tomorrow

If you want to come and see us up close, I might be able to find him."

…

Martial law was quickly issued to the entire city.

In the suddenly tense atmosphere, all the caravans and travelers who were just passing through for accommodation spent the night in uneasy conditions.

After sunrise, everyone inside and outside Houque City found that all city gates were closed and passage was still prohibited.

Many caravans were unprepared, caught off guard, and were about to suffer heavy losses, so they began to rush and wanted to use all available means to leave the city.

However, all these activities were in vain. Even some large trading houses, which even the provincial governor usually wanted to show some face to, were politely rejected, and not even one person or one horse could leave the city.

This made everyone in Houque City even more shocked. They didn't know what kind of serious criminal they were trying to hunt down.

And everyone in Houque City also knew that there was a column of people stationed not far from the east gate of the city. It was said that that column of people was the same people who set fire to Songbaiju yesterday. But instead of being arrested, that group of people was not arrested.

Instead, it was protected. It is said that only banknotes were circulated to compensate for the loss of Songbaiju.

For a time, everyone in Houque City couldn't help but speculate about the origin of this team.

Because we don’t know when we can resume entering and exiting the city, and most people who are eager to leave the city want to be inspected and cleared as soon as possible, so by noon, there are long queues both inside and outside the city, stretching for several miles.

Suddenly, there was a commotion among the long queues in the city.

Because at this moment, some of the defenders who had originally prevented the long dragon in the city from getting too close to the city gate, and guarding the column of people, showed signs of shrinking.

Lin Xi and An Keyi, at this moment, walked out of what they saw as a strange team.

"Teacher, please take action and poison everyone within sight of this city!"

Lin Xi looked at the long queue of people, and said with great certainty in An Keyi's ear in a voice that only two people could hear.

An Keyi turned his head and looked at Lin Xi, "I can poison...but I can't have enough antidote..."

"I know." Lin Xi looked at her and nodded seriously, "But I still ask the teacher to believe me, even if this is very ridiculous... Please take action, teacher, as quickly as possible, and don't let anyone in front of us take the opportunity to leave."
Chapter completed!