Chapter 581 - The Smell of Mustard Seeds (1/2)

“Of course, it can, but sister, how do you know the Venomous Armored Insect? It’s used to punish the traitors in the southern tribes. My uncle saw it once. It’s very evil.”

Xiu said with undisguised disgust in her clear eyes.

The Venomous Armored Insect must be so evil that even the members of the Dongfang Family couldn’t stand it.

However, if there was really someone among them using the Venomous Armored Insects, even if she couldn’t tell it, the one could definitely not hide it from her teacher.

In this case, there was only one possibility.

Among these people, there might be someone who had touched the Venomous Armored Insects or mustard seeds.

Thinking of this, Lin Mengya thought it the most possible answer.

“Brother Li Jia, please ask His Highness to come here.”

She lifted the curtain and talked to a highly trained guard protecting her along the way.

This man was one of Long Tianyu’s right-hand men. Although he didn’t talk much, he was very steady and capable.

Hearing Lin Mengya’s order, Li Jia answered in a low voice and went forward on his horse.

It didn’t take long for Long Tianyu to come. He lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked at her nervously with his slanted eyes.

Nevertheless, when he saw Lin Mengya’s ruddy face, he gradually calmed down.

“Is there anything wrong with you?”

Lin Mengya was a little speechless. She didn’t know why Long Tianyu had always treated her as a fragile paper doll since she was injured.

“I’m not so fragile. I ask you to come here because Xiu found something and I want to talk it over with you.”

Lin Mengya smiled and then asked Xiu to tell Long Tianyu about the connection between mustard seeds and the Venomous Armored Insect.

After hearing Xiu’s words, Long Tianyu frowned tightly.

He must be doing the same as Lin Mengya, thinking who was most likely to be the one.

“I think it’s not necessarily related to the spies. Just now Xiu also said that those who touch the mustard seeds by accident will also have the smell. Among these people, there may be some who came back from the epidemic area in Yunzhou.”

Lin Mengya said slowly. Long Tianyu took a deep look at her and nodded in agreement.

“There are about four or five people returning from the epidemic area. However, they all stayed in the rear for passing messages and have never been to the depths of the epidemic area. Does it mean that the one controlling the Venomous Armored Insects is likely to be hiding in the rear?”

These words provided evidence of Lin Mengya’s point of view. The plague was caused by poison.

Otherwise, why was the most important element of the poison being the powder of the Venomous Armored Insects?

Now, why did they discover the mustard seeds which could control the Venomous Armored Insects?

All of these made quite an odd coincidence.

“That may not be the case. After all, most of the cities in Yunzhou are empty now. The surrounding prefectures don’t dare to send people there to help. If this person intended to spread the poison to other places, he could hide among the refugees and move to other places to avoid attracting attention.”

Lin Mengya’s speculation made sense.

If the plague was caused by poison, it could only be spread in a limited area.

In particular, only a certain amount of this kind of poison could cause death.

That was to say, this person hid among the refugees and almost went all over Yunzhou.

This person was quite scheming and cruel.

“I’ll go to make some arrangements immediately.”

Long Tianyu understood the severe situation, so he immediately went to give the order to help the refugees settle down.

In the carriage, Xiu rolled her big eyes, at a loss what to do in such a serious atmosphere.

“Don’t be afraid. Your sensitive nose helped us today.”

Lin Mengya thought that she scared Xiu, so she involuntarily lowered her voice to comfort Xiu.

However, Xiu shook her head and somehow looked grim.

“Sister, you misunderstand. I’m not scared. It’s just that you seem to suggest that someone has been using the Venomous Armored Insects. But five years ago, the tribe has been exterminated. The porter of our Dongfang Family went to have a look and said that there was no one in the stockaded village and the mustard seeds in the surrounding forests were gone along with them. Could the one using the Venomous Armored Insects be a ghost?”

Hearing Xiu’s words, Lin Mengya froze slightly.

“They disappeared five years ago. Maybe they moved somewhere else.”

However, Xiu shook her head desperately and said.

“No, it’s impossible. The mustard seeds can only be planted on that mountain and can’t survive in other places by any means. Their tribe makes a living by controlling the venomous insects. Therefore, they can’t leave without mustard seeds. Otherwise, those venomous insects will bite them.”

At this moment, Lin Mengya, who had just cleared up her thoughts, became confused again.

The members of the only tribe, that could control the Venomous Armored Insects with mustard seeds, had all disappeared five years ago.

Lin Mengya thought it must have something to do with the Candle Dragon Cult.

Lin Mengya felt her heart sank. Besides the Xin family which made poisons for generations, now even a tribe controlling the venomous insects got involved in it.

What exactly did the Candle Dragon Cult want to do?

“Mengya, they are all here.”