Two corpses lay on the ground, a woman and a child.
"What happened!"
Fang Er asked coldly.
"Mountain Chief, it's the Mountain Chief's voice!"
"Reporting to the Mountain Chief..."
Within the group, a student from the academy quickly recounted the events.
They were responsible for seventeen households in this alley, and just like the previous two days, they were taking the pulse of the common people.
But just as they were about to finish, the physician Xia Qingxue suddenly attacked, twisting the necks of the woman and child with ruthless precision!
Fang Er glanced around. Of the seven-person team, only six remained. "Where is the other person?"
"Reporting to the Mountain Chief, she ran in that direction!" the student pointed to a direction.
"Biu........"
Fang Er raised his hand and fired a signal flare, then looked at them.
"I'll go chase her. You all stay here and don't move!"
He remembered the name Xia Qingxue. She was one of the first five hundred palace maids obtained from the palace.
He couldn't understand why she would suddenly go on a rampage.
Following the direction the student pointed, he chased out quickly, running through two alleys without seeing a trace of her.
The signal flare soon attracted the patrolling guards of the city. Centered around Yongchang Ward, the four adjacent wards were immediately placed under martial law, and a thorough search was conducted.
Just then, more bad news came through the walkie-talkie.
"My Lord, the same thing happened in Anren Ward. Physician Yang Luoyue killed a civilian and fled!"
A moment later.
"Xianghe Ward, Physician Liu Xiulan killed three civilians and fled!"
"South Three Wards..."
"........."
Listening to the string of reports, Fang Er's mood grew increasingly somber.
"Everyone! Immediately withdraw to the Guard's Grand Camp!"
After issuing the order over the public channel, he contacted Zhang Gongjin.
"Old Zhang, immediately mobilize the army into the city! We must find out why this is happening as quickly as possible!"
In the Governor's Mansion, Zhang Gongjin had also heard the series of sudden incidents on the public channel.
"Dispatch the Divine Spear Army! The Invincible Army, enter the city immediately!"
"Search them, damn it!"
"Those fleeing physicians, bring them to me alive or dead!"
"Yes!"
The army entered the city, searching every household in each ward.
Fang Er and Zhang Gongjin sat in the Governor's Mansion, anxiously awaiting news.
Changsun Ling'er's brows were furrowed. "This is impossible. Qingxue has always been gentle, how could she suddenly kill someone?"
Zhang Yuanshuang agreed, "That's right. And Yang Luoyue, a person who wouldn't even dare to kill a chicken, how could she kill someone?"
Most of these physicians were from that batch of palace maids. They had followed Sun Simiao to study medicine.
Later, they were responsible for taking care of the pregnant women of the various Tiangang units, and then they all worked together at the Shenyang Hospital. Everyone knew their personalities to some extent.
Zhang Gongjin's face was as dark as water. He slammed his hand on the table, "We'll talk about that after we find them! Who knows if they were bewitched by something?"
Fang Er remained silent, deep in thought.
After a while, he suddenly looked up at Zhang Yuanshuang. "Sister, the people sent out..."
But before he could finish, the walkie-talkie on the table rang.
"My Lord, something terrible has happened! The Guard's Grand Camp's granary has been set on fire!"
"Whoosh!"
He and Zhang Gongjin rose simultaneously!
Zhang Gongjin turned to him, "Did you just think of something?"
Fang Er gritted his teeth and said, "I suspect that the people who took action might not be the hospital physicians!"
"The protective suits are airtight. From the outside, it's impossible to tell who is who!"
"And within each team, the physicians, students, and guards are not very familiar with each other."
"It's highly likely that someone attacked the physicians and then, disguised in their clothes, infiltrated the team!"
"Therefore, this arson of the granary was also their doing!"
"Bang!"
Zhang Gongjin grabbed a bottle of Erguotou from the table and hurled it violently.
"How dare they be so lawless!"
"Do they really think I'm made of mud?!"
After a roar, he picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted, "Seal all four gates of the military camp!"
"Everyone, identify yourselves!"
"If anyone is found to have infiltrated, capture them and interrogate them thoroughly!"
With the order issued, all that was left was to wait for the results.
The atmosphere in the main hall of the Governor's Mansion became very oppressive. Fang Er glanced at Changsun Ling'er and Zhang Yuanshuang.
"You two go and rest. Leave the rest to me and Duke Zou."
"Mm."
Changsun Ling'er nodded gently, pulled Zhang Yuanshuang, and left the hall, heading towards the back courtyard.
Only after they had gone far away did Fang Er start to curse.
"You sons of bitches, this is a provocation!!"
He had suspected that this plague might not have been a coincidence, but he never expected such a thing to happen!
Infiltrating the official ranks and attacking civilians, this move was truly sinister!
Once this matter spread, the people wouldn't care about any tricks involved. They would only know that Bai Niangzi had killed people!
And Bai Niangzi was sent by the court!
After finally stabilizing the situation, if the people were to cause trouble, the consequences...
Sun Simiao was also present, but he had remained silent, only bending over the desk, calculating something.
Suddenly, he stood up and brought the notebook in his hand to Fang Er.
"Little friend, take a look at this."
Fang Er glanced at it suspiciously. It was full of prescriptions.
"What is the meaning of this, Old Sun?"
"Take a closer look!" Sun Simiao pointed to a few sets of numbers on it.
"If we take all the medicinal materials found in the Liu family's pharmacy, after removing some insignificant ones,"
"And use the rest to make Renshen Baidu San, we can prepare eighty thousand doses of herbal medicine!"
"But if you look at the ones that were removed, they are all insignificant medicinal materials for treating bruises and sprains, and the quantities are not large."
"The only few with large quantities are common folk medicines."
"Little friend, haven't you seen the problem?"
Fang Er asked with great shock, "You mean to say, the Liu family's pharmacy was prepared long ago?"
"Let me see!" Zhang Gongjin took the notebook.
The next moment, the numbers on it made him completely believe Sun Simiao's words.
"Damn, there are a hundred thousand jin of ginseng alone?"
"How much is traded at the Shenyang market in a year?"
"This is outrageous!"
"Bang!"
He threw the notebook back on the table and shouted outside.
"Guards!"
"Summon all the members of the Liu family, from the patriarch to the nursing infants, for interrogation!"
"If you can't get any answers, then all of you go home and plant sweet potatoes!"