56: Chapter 56 I must kill him with my own hands!

"Minister."

He called out.

Lei Lie was standing nearby, and upon hearing the voice, he immediately walked over.

"Mr. Zhu?"

Strategist Zhu Ge lowered his voice, his expression serious: "I need to trouble Lei Lie to accompany me."

Lei Lie was taken aback: "Where to?"

Strategist Zhu Ge said in a deep voice: "I have a matter that I must report to the City Lord immediately."

He paused, a trace of worry flashing in his eyes.

"Those refugees who entered from Han City... I fear that it is not just Sun Weiwu and Liu Dashun who are problematic."

Lei Lie's pupils constricted sharply.

"You mean..."

Strategist Zhu Ge nodded: "There were a total of one thousand refugees who joined us from near Han City."

"Sun Weiwu and Liu Dashun were just two of them, so what about the others?"

"If they have also been assigned the same mission..."

He did not continue, but Lei Lie already understood what he meant.

Two people poisoning had already caused such a huge commotion.

If all one thousand of them were problematic... the consequences would be unimaginable!

Lei Lie's expression instantly turned ugly.

"Let's go!"

Without another word, he immediately pushed Strategist Zhu Ge's wheelchair.

"We are going to see the City Lord right now!"

The two had just turned around, ready to walk toward the City Lord's residence—

"I am the same as them!"

A voice suddenly rang out from the crowd.

Lei Lie and Strategist Zhu Ge were both stunned and looked in the direction of the voice.

A man in his thirties walked out from the crowd.

His face was covered in tear stains, his whole body trembling, yet he still shouted loudly:

"I also came from Han City!"

"I was also forced to poison!"

"I am guilty! Please arrest me!"

"Please take me away!"

As he spoke, he took a small cloth bag from his bosom and held it high.

Inside the cloth bag was, shockingly, black powder.

black stone powder!

The surrounding citizens, who had just left, immediately erupted into chaos again.

"What?!"

"Another one?"

"He also wants to poison?"

"Catch him!"

...

The City Guards immediately rushed up and pinned the man to the ground.

However, before everyone could react—

"I am too!"

Another voice rang out.

A young man walked out, also holding a bag of poison powder.

"I also came from Han City! Please arrest me!"

"And me!"

"I am too!"

"Take me away too!"

One after another, one by one.

People kept walking out from the crowd, holding poison powder and loudly turning themselves in.

There were men and women, old and young.

Their faces all carried a sense of relief, their eyes full of pain and liberation.

Strategist Zhu Ge recognized that these people had all joined the refugee group from near Han City.

Although he had not checked carefully along the way, he still had some impression of these people's faces.

"One, two, three..."

Lei Lie subconsciously counted the number of people, his expression becoming increasingly ugly.

"Ten... twenty... fifty..."

More and more people turned themselves in, pouring out from all directions.

The surrounding citizens were all stunned.

"Why are there so many?"

"Oh my god, how many people are there exactly?"

"What kind of deep blood feud does this Han City have with us?"

"It's too terrifying!"

Fear and anger spread through the crowd.

If Sun Weiwu and Liu Dashun hadn't been discovered in time... if all these people had completed their poisoning mission... wouldn't the entire Flower City have turned into a dead city?!

...

One hour later.

The City Lord's residence.

Zhou Yun sat in the main seat, his expression solemn.

Below, Wan'er, Lei Lie, Minister Wang Fugui, Tie Shan, and others were lined up on both sides, each person's face bearing an expression of disbelief.

Wan'er held a list in her hand, her voice trembling slightly:

"After counting, the total number of people who turned themselves in is..."

She paused, struggling to spit out a number.

"Nine hundred and ninety-eight."

Nine hundred and ninety-eight!

Plus Sun Weiwu and Liu Dashun who had already been executed... exactly one thousand people!

"This number..."

Lei Lie's voice was hoarse, "Completely matches the number reported by Mr. Zhu."

Yes.

Completely matches.

In other words, those one thousand people who joined the refugee group from near Han City... were all spies arranged by the Lord of Han City!

Their mission was only one—poisoning! To destroy the entire Flower City!

"Madman..."

Minister Wang Fugui muttered to himself, his face pale.

"This Lord of Han City is a madman!"

"To destroy Flower City, he actually sent one thousand people to poison it?"

"Is he sick in the head?"

Tie Shan was also full of shock.

"How much hatred must one have to do something like this?"

"We have absolutely no connection with Han City!"

Everyone discussed it, unable to understand why the Lord of Han City would do such a thing.

Just then, Strategist Zhu Ge spoke up.

"I'm afraid things are not that simple."

His voice was calm, yet carried a profound solemnity.

Everyone's eyes were focused on him.

He said slowly:

"Within the city, no existence can harm the City Lord."

"This is the basic rule of the City Lord World."

"In other words, the Lord of Han City should also know that even if the City Lord drank poisonous water, he would not suffer even the slightest harm."

Everyone was stunned.

Yes, they almost forgot this point. A City Lord within their own city will not suffer any harm. This is the iron law of the Endless Continent.

Strategist Zhu Ge continued:

"From this perspective, the purpose of the Lord of Han City is clear at a glance."

His gaze became sharp.

"He is poisoning, not to kill the City Lord."

"But to kill all the citizens of Flower City!"

"He wants to draw the firewood from under the cauldron, to destroy the entire Flower City!"

"By doing this, it seems to be targeting all the citizens of Flower City, but in reality, it's almost impossible for him to have a grudge against everyone!"

"The only possibility is that what he is truly targeting is the City Lord!"

"Because in this way, although the City Lord is still alive, without citizens, the City Lord would lose the capital to continue surviving!"

Once these words were spoken, the whole place fell silent.

Everyone gasped.

So that...

This is the truth?!

"Scoundrel!!" Lei Lie slammed the table, his voice echoing in the hall, filled with monstrous rage.

"How dare he target the City Lord!"

"I must kill him with my own hands!"