The Supporting Actress Made A Comeback

Chapter 1178 - 1180: Precautions

Mo Shu’s voice was cold and slightly deep.

The woman looked at Mo Shu, but in the end, she said nothing. She held her child and stepped back a little.

Mo Shu knew that whatever she said would likely be of little use, so she simply closed her mouth and watched the mother and daughter. After speaking a few words to those beside her to settle them, she quickly went to arrange matters for others.

Many of the civilians at the scene had fled to the city from elsewhere. The local residents had long been hiding behind closed doors. Occasionally, when a child cried out, they would quickly cover their mouths, fearing their voices would be heard and bring danger.

Now, hearing sounds outside that seemed to indicate peace had finally been restored, they began to cautiously come out one by one.

Seeing the bloodstains everywhere caused screams of fear, but most people were still curious. They gathered with acquaintances, discussing who was unfortunate, whose family had suffered terribly, been unlucky, or had tragic losses. These types of conversations stretched from the south to the north of the city.

Mo Shu felt speechless. After handling the issues there, she returned to the military camp with Yu Siqiao.

After Yu Siqiao returned to the camp, he still needed to issue follow-up orders, secure the defenses, and patrol more strictly, deploying elite soldiers throughout the city.

The night curfew was still strictly enforced, and Yu Siqiao replaced the night watchmen with soldiers to increase the safety of residents and civilians.

Aside from the affected city, the surrounding cities also had their defenses reinforced. The civilians there learned about the disaster, and the government led the people in expressing gratitude, each one very thankful.

Fortunately, these measures proved somewhat effective, and for the next five or six days, everything was calm.

To prevent the Hulong Country people from disguising themselves as Mo Yan people again to commit misdeeds, Mo Shu suggested conducting a series of background checks.

At the beginning, everyone agreed it was a good suggestion.

But after a long period of scrutiny, the soldiers began to complain bitterly.

It was manageable when encountering civilians who spoke simply, as they could quickly explain their family and ancestral history. But when they encountered those who spoke at length, not only could they detail what the last three generations of their ancestors did, but also minutiae like how many chickens their grandmother raised, when they were slaughtered, and what deities and immortals they worshiped, all in great detail.

At first, the soldiers were somewhat patient, but eventually became increasingly frustrated. When faced with long-windedness, they directly filtered it out, asking for concise explanations.

However, with simplification, the content became sparse.

How much truth was in the content was unknown.

Gradually, everyone felt the method was unreliable, so they simply abandoned it, letting civilians vouch for each other about where people originated from, where they currently were, how many people were in their family, what they did for a living, and whether their background was clean, serving as supporting evidence.

Then they would randomly ask a few people whether what was said was correct. If it roughly matched, they would let it go.

After this round of screenings, nothing was discovered.

The soldiers began to complain bitterly, resenting those above for making a big deal out of nothing, leaders making plans with their mouths, while subordinates ran themselves ragged, leaving everyone exhausted.

In the end, Yu Siqiao personally provided them with a bit of a subsidy, which finally quieted the complaints.

Soon after, they set out for the capital, and Yu Siqiao had already lost significant weight.