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

While she was lost in thought, Long Tianyu’s deep voice suddenly came from outside.

Lin Mengya put away her thoughts and got out of the carriage with Xiu.

In the open space in front of the carriage, five attendants in their full armor were looking at them nervously.

Lin Mengya showed a gentle smile and spoke softly.

“Don’t worry. Hearing that all of you came back from the epidemic area, I just want to give you a simple check-up in case you are infected with the plague.”

Hearing Lin Mengya’s words, the five men looked even more nervous.

They all came back from the epidemic area and had seen that kind of horrible disease with their own eyes. At the moment, the five of them were very anxious to have themselves checked carefully by Lin Mengya so that they could rest assured.

Lin Mengya gave a hint to Xiu, whose nose was very sensitive to mustard seeds.

As long as she identified the smell carefully, she could definitely discover the person who had touched the mustard seeds.

However, perhaps because it was after a long time, Xiu only locked on her target to two of them in the end.

Seeing Xiu vacillating and trying hard to find out the one, Lin Mengya had no choice but to wait patiently.

Meanwhile, the two men’s foreheads were covered with cold sweat.

They were probably praying in their hearts and wished they were not infected.

“I’m sure it’s him.”

After her attempt, Xiu finally pointed at one of them.

At the moment, they showed completely different expressions. The one Xiu didn’t point at was naturally beaming with joy and glad that it was a false alarm.

Meanwhile, the other one was grief-stricken as if bereaved of parents and almost burst into tears on the spot.

“Your Highness, please save me.”

The pale-faced attendant thought that he had been infected.

Unexpectedly, Long Tianyu waved his hand as a hint for the other four of them to leave.

Lin Mengya looked at the attendant in front of her. Although he was a little timid, no one could remain calm in front of death.

Moreover, it was such a painful way of dying. Their fear could only show that the poison was way too deadly and weird.

“Take it easy. In fact, it doesn’t mean that you are incurable. Besides, you are not infected with the plague. I just want to ask you a few questions by keeping you here.”

Lin Mengya’s gentle tone set the attendant’s mind at rest.

At this moment, he had been frightened out of his wits. Of course, he would do whatever Lin Mengya asked.

“Have you ever encountered any strange people in the epidemic area? In addition to the people we sent, did you have any close contact with anyone else?”

It was important. After all, he was sent by Long Tianyu to pass messages.

Therefore, he should not be able to come into contact with ordinary people.

Moreover, the soldiers in charge of the rescue were transferred there after the outbreak of the plague.

According to her speculation, the person, who spread the poison, should be disguised as a refugee so that he could carry out his mission easily.

The attendant tried hard to recall. After a long while, he said hesitantly.

“I was in charge of transmitting instructions., so I usually came into contact with the people from our military camp. Oh, I remember. Before I came here, I helped that doctor once. Except for him, there was no other outsider.”

“A doctor? Which doctor?”

Lin Mengya continued asking. The man thought of it and immediately answered her.

“It’s Doctor Gu. Thanks to him, those patients who were not seriously ill could recover. We all admire his benevolence, so as long as he needed help, everyone in our military camp would lend him a hand.”

It turned out to be Doctor Gu who showed up suddenly.

Lin Mengya did not expect that the person, who was most likely to control the Venomous Armored Insects, turned out to be this doctor.

“Well, what kind of person is Doctor Gu?”

The attendant seemed to be very appreciative of Doctor Gu, so he spoke a lot on Doctor Gu’s behalf.

“Doctor Gu is a nice person. At that time, none of the army doctors was willing to go deep into the epidemic area. It was Doctor Gu who asked to get into the epidemic area and carry the wounded alone. Doctor Gu has amazing medical skills. With his medicinal sachets, none of us, who came to help, was infected with the plague. But the medicinal sachets were extremely precious. Doctor Gu took them back after we were done with them.”

As soon as the attendant finished speaking, Lin Mengya and Xiu looked at each other and came to a conclusion.

“Well, thank you very much. Since you brought Doctor Gu’s medicinal sachet with you, you wouldn’t be infected with the plague.”

After expressing her gratitude, Lin Mengya returned to the carriage with Xiu.

It didn’t take long for Long Tianyu to join them.

“What do you think of it?”

Long Tianyu looked at Lin Mengya with an inquiring look, and Lin Mengya also showed the same expression.

“It seems to be him. However, the person has a great influence now. If we simply seize him, it will probably cause public anger.”

Long Tianyu naturally had his considerations. At this point, Lin Mengya had the same attitude as him.

“The medicinal sachet could keep off the plague and has been touched by that person. In this case, Doctor Gu must be the one capable of controlling the Venomous Armored Insects. But what is he up to?”