Chapter 1625: Siege, Poison Them All

Chapter 1625: Chapter 1625: Siege, Poison Them All

"What do you mean? Are you cut off from outside contact?" Gu Jinli furrowed her brows and asked, "Then what was the last message brought by the message eagle?"

Doctor Lu said, "It said they were unwilling to send troops for rescue; the Eagle Food Gang is pressuring them to deploy troops."

"Indeed, a bunch of cowards!" Gu Jinli cursed upon hearing this, "How can they be so foolish? Don’t they understand that if Xing’an Prefecture can’t hold out, they will be the next to die?"

Doctor Lu sighed upon hearing this, just as the sound of a copper gong rang out again.

Clang clang clang!

"All households come quickly to collect the insect attractant!" The government officials shouted, followed by the sound of families from nearby streets coming out to get the insect attractant.

Among them were mixed sounds of sorrowful crying, cursing, and pleas for God’s protection.

Gu Jinli listened irritably, "Begging for what?! It’s better to rely on oneself than to beg God."

Doctor Lu was shocked to hear, "Mrs. Qin, you, how can you..."

Gu Jinli looked at him with a rare expression of surprise and said, "We country folks talk like this; my Brother Qin has also cursed."

"Small... Company Commander Qin is a man and a soldier; it’s acceptable for him to curse in anger, but Mrs. Qin is a woman; it’s better not to use coarse language," Doctor Lu thought of Nanny Yu, who had strict rules. Even her skirt wouldn’t sway when she walked, and if she saw Mrs. Qin Gu, she’d probably strictly enforce her manners: "Mrs. Qin, you are a young lady; it’s always better to be refined..."

"Doctor Lu, enough with the nonsense. I want to poison the Rong people before they attack the city, and I need your help. Are you willing?" Gu Jinli, seeing that Erqing had already closed the back door, shared her thoughts with Doctor Lu.

Doctor Lu was shocked upon hearing this, asking, "Poison the Rong people? But there are tens of thousands of Rong people outside the city. Do you have that much poison?"

He added, "Besides, this is a battle between two armies; if you use poison, you may be condemned by the world."

Bah!

Gu Jinli sneered and retorted, "Why should the world condemn us? They should be condemning the Rong people, as they were the first to use poisonous substances to harm us. Why can’t we retaliate? Are we born to suffer?"

Doctor Lu was stunned. Indeed, why should they only detoxify and remove poisonous substances but not retaliate with poison?

Doctor Lu seemed to have a revelation and was tempted.

Especially when he saw the tragic conditions of the city’s populace over the past few days—many people had been harmed by poisonous substances, and despite the insect attractant, a lot of people in the city still died.

"Alright, how does Mrs. Qin plan to proceed? Just inform me, and I’ll risk my life to assist!" Doctor Lu raised his hand to pledge allegiance.

Gu Jinli smiled and said, "You don’t need to be so serious. We already have a plan; I just need to borrow a batch of messenger wolves from you."

During the clearing of Rong people in the city, a batch of message wolves was found. These wolves were taken by the Eagle Food Gang, who often opposed the Rongshan Gang and Rong people. Knowing the benefits of message wolves, they wouldn’t kill them but capture and tame them.

As for message eagles, they are more precious and need to be saved for sending messages. If shot down by Rong people, it would be a great loss.

Doctor Lu agreed, "Alright, if a batch of messenger wolves can exchange for a batch of Rong soldier lives and disrupt their forces outside the city, it’s worth it."

"Mrs. Qin? Mrs. Qin, are you here?" Nanny Gui Zhi’s voice came from the distant archway.

Ms. Gao Lei, not seeing Gu Jinli, was quite worried and quickly sent Nanny Gui Zhi and others to look for her.

"It’s me, I’m fine," Gu Jinli replied, turning to Doctor Lu, "Let’s go see Granny Lei; we need to inform her about the plan to poison and disrupt the Rong army."

With that, she left with Erqing and Sanqing.

"Alright." Doctor Lu followed her.

"Mrs. Qin, it’s not even dawn yet, why did you come to this secluded place? Go back to your courtyard; the Old Madam is very concerned about you." Nanny Gui Zhi, seeing Gu Jinli was alright and accompanied by maids skilled in martial arts, felt relieved.

Gu Jinli smiled, "I’ve worried Granny Lei; Doctor Lu and I are about to find her."

Looking for the Old Madam?

For what purpose?

Nanny Gui Zhi silently questioned but didn’t ask more, and the group returned to the main courtyard.

Gu Jinli explained her plan.

Ms. Gao Lei listened and, with a bang, excitedly pounded the table, "Good! San Lang’s Wife, this idea is excellent; we should deal with the Rong people this way, let those beasts suffer from poisonous insects!"

Doctor Lu, seeing Ms. Gao Lei agree and her excitement, felt happy but remembered General Liang and Magistrate Hao, saying, "Those two are court officials concerned with their reputation and might not easily agree to use poison and poisonous insects against the Rong people."

"Why do we need their approval to use our poison?" Ms. Gao Lei had grievances against Magistrate Hao and General Liang, especially General Liang: "He couldn’t defeat the Rong people, nor protect the citizens, and wouldn’t allow us to take action against the Rong people? If he disagrees, let him first drive away the Rong people outside."

Even the soldiers under his command suffered from poisonous insect disease and asked San Lang’s Wife for medicine to save their lives, why should they criticize her?

Ms. Gao Lei said, "San Lang’s Wife, Doctor Lu, go prepare. The work of getting the messenger wolves up the tower and hoisting them down the wall is left to me. General Liang wouldn’t dare to stop us even if he sees."

"Okay!" Gu Jinli was pleased; with Ms. Gao Lei’s help and the Eagle Food Gang’s messenger wolves delivering poison and poisonous insects directly to the Rong army, she was certain they would be poisoned to death.

"I will have them bring the messenger wolves immediately," Doctor Lu left the separate yard and returned in less than an hour, bringing three carts full of messenger wolves.

Gu Jinli also prepared the poisonous insects and poison with Ye Jingzi, Qing Pu, Qing Hui, and several Qing celebrations.

Ms. Gao Lei, seeing those poisonous insects, felt half-numb, "San Lang’s Wife, when did you raise so many poisonous insects?"

And how can you even manage to rear them!

Gu Jinli looked up and smiled at her, saying, "It’s not exactly raising them; we just put the insect attractant in barrels outside and let the poisonous insects crawl in themselves, and then they gave birth to so many insects."

Ms. Gao Lei, watching her smile, shivered, "Quickly step aside and let Siqing and the others do it; don’t touch them."

Otherwise, I wouldn’t dare share a room with you!

"Alright, I won’t touch them," Gu Jinli gladly stepped aside, but she didn’t remain idle and took out her most potent poison, covered her mouth and nose with a cloth, wore gloves, and poured the liquid poison into the powdered poison, then stirred it evenly with a wooden stick, and packed it into small bamboo tubes.

Finally, she sealed them with small wooden stoppers.

The stoppers were specially made, half-loose, and once the messenger wolves ran for a while after being hoisted down the tower, the stoppers would fall out completely, and the poison inside would spread, killing any Rong soldiers who inhaled or came into contact with it.

The poisonous insects were packed in the same manner.

An hour later, all the poison and poisonous insects were packed and strapped onto the messenger wolves.

Gu Jinli, "Alright, take them to the tower."

Ms. Gao Lei, upon hearing this, immediately stood up, "Little Peng Wen, let’s go!"

"Okay." Peng Wen steadied Ms. Gao Lei, driving three carts straight to the tower, and those three carts contained nothing but messenger wolves bearing poison and poisonous insects.