ce masks and night clothes, moved gracefully. They found the cell where their cousin was imprisoned and hurriedly found the key from a jailer to unlock the cell door."Come with us quickly."Feng Lingxi...There's been no news from Dugu City, and after observing the fish in the river closely, none of them seem out of the ordinary. Moreover, after killing some of the fish, nothing abnormal was found within their bodies.

"Could it be that the river water has been cleaned"

Feng Lingxi looked at the river in front of her with confusion. She had given this water to the mouse, and there was no sign of anything unusual.

Even the people of Dugu City couldn't find anything suspicious. For a time, the possibility that the illness was caused by the river water became Feng Lingxi's biggest headache.

"Your Highness, the medicine has been distributed according to your orders."

Lord Liu stepped forward, seeing the Princess staring at the water in front of her. He also leaned forward to take a look, but he didn't see anything different.

"Sir Liu, have there been any new discoveries of infected patients in the past two days"

Lord Liu hurried forward, "Reporting to the Princess Consort Chen, we haven't found any infected patients in these two days. Since the Princess Consort Chen forbade everyone from touching the river water, no infected patients were discovered."

"Could it really be the river's problem"

Feng Lingxi frowned, but the river water revealed no problems. Not even the corpse she was looking for could be found.

"Master Liu, where is the Wangye"

"The Wangye is still looking into the water source matter. Please tell the Wangfei to rest well here and not wander around. If there's anything, just let him know."

Feng Lingxi got up, "Go and see the patient, see how the medicine is working."

Lord Liu hurried to catch up, for the sake of making the Crown Princess' stay here more comfortable, he had specially added quite a few items here.

"Your Highness, there's news."

Ye Xi dashed forward, wind and dust swirling around her. Hearing the news, all eyes turned to Ye Xi.

"Here we are."

Feng Lingxi walked to a distance, only then did Ye Xi lower her voice and say, "Your Highness, we found a very hidden cave in the woods upstream. The cave is full of rotting corpses, many in number, but it seems to have been deliberately handled, covering up the stench. If we hadn't searched the mountains, we wouldn't have found it."

"Is it a human body or an animal's"

"Most animals."

Feng Lingxi looked at Liu the Elder who wasn't far away and hurriedly asked, "Elder Liu, have there been any serious cases of livestock deaths in Tumuzhen recently"

Lord Liu was completely bewildered. "I've never heard of this."

Feng Lingxi furrowed her brows, "There's no such thing happening, where would the corpse come from"

This must have been done on purpose. She had to investigate.

Feng Lingxi went to find Xiaoli, just as Xiaoli, sitting well in her mask, held up the mask and asked Feng Lingxi, "Your Highness, how is this mask I made Is it the same as you drew"

Feng Lingxi took it and nodded, "Have people do it this way, the more the better."

Feng Lingxi finished speaking and asked Ye Xi to take her to check out the cave. Liu, not daring to be negligent, hurriedly followed them.

Dugu City sent people to reinforce the defenses by the river, waiting for Xi'er to come and handle the situation.

Feng Lingxi arrived and saw that all the trees around had been chopped down. She carefully checked her surroundings, just as Ye Xi said, if it wasn't for a search, it would be really hard to find this cave.

"The entrance was sealed, and this king had people guarding it, not daring to approach, fearing any mishap."

When Dugu Cheng saw Feng Lingxi, he told her the general situation here. "The stench is overwhelming, it's all animal corpses. Judging by the degree of decay, they've been dead for at least ten to half a month, and maggots are already growing on them."

Feng Lingxi put on the specially made mask and looked at Dugu City beside her, "I'll go take a look, don't come over."

Dugu Cheng grasped her arm, his eyes filled with worry, "This king will accompany you."

Feng Lingxi took his hand away, “Wait for me here, I’ll be back soon.”

Dugong City watched Xi'er walk past, and without hesitation followed forward.

Feng Lingxi checked the surroundings of the mountain cave. It was a naturally formed cave, with an extremely hidden entrance. If the surrounding bushes hadn't been cut down, the location of the cave would be impossible to find. There were many footprints around, Feng Lingxi walked into the cave, and was stopped behind her by someone.

"Xier, it's too smelly inside, are you really going in"

"Wait for me here."

Feng Lingxi went in, not allowing anyone to follow her. The cave was spacious, but the ground was littered with animal carcasses, cows, sheep, pigs, dogs, and chickens, all decaying. The writhing maggots were a sight even she, prepared as she was, found nauseating.

After a while, Feng Lingxi came out. Seeing Dugu City approaching, she hurriedly stopped him.

Stay away.

Wind Ling Xi pulled down her face mask and hurriedly adjusted her state.

"Sir Liu, quickly get some lime powder. I need to bury this place deep and handle it properly."

Mr. Liu responded immediately and hurried off to take care of it.

"Dugu City, I probably know what's wrong with the river. If I'm not mistaken, it's because these bodies have been thrown into the river, polluting the water. And since water flows, it's not that the entire source is contaminated, but rather a localized issue."

“Who would throw a body into the river”

Feng Ling xi shook her head, anyway, it's roughly like that. She would have to deal with it when she went back later, so as not to be infected.

"You send people to look around, especially nearby villagers. Make sure to ask them if they have thrown any bodies into the river. If it wasn't them, then it was most likely done by those from Eastern Thailand."

After all, this conflict was initiated by Dongtai. We can't rule out the possibility that they would employ such despicable tactics to lay siege to our city.

Du Gucheng hurriedly ordered a thorough search, following Feng Lingxi's instructions. They were to search any place where a body could possibly appear and question every household, scrutinizing everyone involved.

Lord Liu quickly brought the quicklime, and Feng Lingxi had people sprinkle lime powder throughout the cave. Then, the entire cave was blown up, burying the corpses alive. He instructed Lord Liu that this place should never be dug up by anyone in the future and must wait until they are completely turned to dust.

"Xier, you went into the cave, go back and wash quickly, lest you get sick."

Xi'er wouldn't let him get too close, and she kept wearing a mask. Dugu Cheng worried that Xi'er would catch a disease.

"Go back and wash up. You wait here and see if Sun Cheng is here, tell him to come see me."

Feng Lingxi returned to the post station, after bathing and freshening up, she took some antibiotics. After she finished all that, Dugu City came with Sun Cheng.

"Your Highness, the items have arrived."

Feng Lingxi looked at Sun Cheng's windblown and dusty face, "You've worked hard, General Sun."

Son Cheng scratched his head sheepishly, a little embarrassed.

"My Queen, if there is anything you require of me, please do not hesitate to command. I will go through fire and water without hesitation."

"Make me twenty gunpowder."

When Feng Lingxi said it, Sun Cheng was dumbfounded, and even Dugu City looked incredibly surprised.

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