Chen Qingzhu was right.

Emperor Yong'an was furious and directly sent the imperial edict regarding the God of Du'e to the prefectures in Zhili and northern Shanxi Province via express delivery of 400 miles.

Within two days, all prefectures had received the imperial edict.

In those places where disaster relief had already been completed, the prefects and generals were secretly worried.

The imperial court has designated the God of Du'e as a demon and a rebel, and His Majesty has even offered a reward for the capture of the God of Du'e. Then, will those of them who are helping with disaster relief be treated as traitors?

Everyone quickly wrote a letter to Emperor Yong'an to express their loyalty, saying that they had no idea what had happened in the capital before and that they were forced to provide disaster relief.

There was also someone like General Pang, who even said in his memorial that as long as His Majesty gave the order, he would immediately begin to recover the military rations and supplies that had already been issued.

Of course, he was just saying that, he actually didn't dare to do it.

On the one hand, he was afraid of causing a mutiny, and on the other hand, he was also afraid that the God of Du'e would find out and come back to settle the score with him.

He felt that Emperor Yong'an also knew the seriousness of the situation and would not issue such an order, so he might as well make his words sound better.

However, the governors of those areas that had not yet provided disaster relief were horrified when they heard the news.

Some are cautious, anxious and torn.

After all, being able to openly rebel against the imperial court by himself and then dare to provide disaster relief in a place heavily guarded by the imperial court is definitely not an ordinary person's ability.

If I don't do what the God has told me to do, I'm afraid I'll lose my life.

Even if I did what the God asked me to do, I would still be afraid of losing my life.

In the end, these people unanimously chose to push forward adjutants like Tongzhi to face the wrath of the God Du'e.

Under Chen Qingzhu's coercion, these places completed the disaster relief as smoothly as before.

However, there are still some places where the prefects, after hearing about the reward for the hereditary first-class marquis, felt that they were about to become extremely rich.

Starve the timid to death.

As long as this one gamble works out, it will bring prosperity and wealth to generations. It is worth taking some risks.

The prefect of Shunde was one of them.

As soon as he received the imperial edict, he immediately planned to kill the God Du'e.

After discussing with his master, he did not hesitate to destroy his main house, urgently dug a cellar in it, set up traps and cages, and prepared a large amount of tung oil.

His plan was to use himself as bait and wait in the house where the trap was set.

Once the evil demon Du'e came, he led her to the place where the trap was dug.

In this way, as long as she steps on the ground, she will fall into a deep pit.

There were many animal traps, fishing nets connected with mechanisms, and tung oil prepared in the deep pit.

Even if she wasn't caught in the trap, she would be temporarily trapped in the fishing net and soaked in tung oil.

At that time, he only needed to ask the servants in the room to throw away the lit candles and lights as soon as possible, and she would be burned to death by the fire.

The plan was very good, but unfortunately the target of his plot was Chen Qingzhu.

She landed in the yard, and before she entered the house, she smelled the strong earthy smell and tung oil coming from the main house.

Not to mention that as a cultivator, her five senses were much more sensitive than those of ordinary people, and the smell was already strong enough to be pungent to her.

Even if she was an ordinary person, she would not ignore such an abnormality.

In the rooms of scholars who pursue elegance, even if there is no incense, there will never be the smell of earth and tung oil.

So, there must be something fishy going on.

She was too lazy to test the other party's traps, so she just stood in the yard and sent a message:

"Shunde prefect, come out and listen to orders."

When the Shunde prefect heard this voice, his heart skipped a beat.

He never expected that even though he had carefully prepared the trap, the other party did not play according to the rules and did not even enter the house.

"Forgive me, my leg is injured and I can't move. Please come to your room and talk."

He still didn't give up luring the other party into the house.

Upon hearing this, Chen Qingzhu sneered.

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