"Human City! This is called the city of Zhuren, how can it be a good place? Take this plague for example, have you seen it cured?"
"Isn't that right? There were a lot of people who were thrown into the city, but what about the ones who came out? No one came out at all!"
"Let me tell you, the government just wants to arrest all the patients and sacrifice the few to preserve the majority. We must not fall into their trap!"
…
In the city of Su County, the reception of patients has encountered resistance from many people from the very beginning.
Not only the people in the city, but also the people in the surrounding counties and several other counties did not say a word, and no one came forward to express their willingness.
Because in ancient times, epidemics were natural disasters that occurred every few years. Not to mention the previous dynasties, there were ten plagues of varying sizes in the Yan Dynasty alone.
For small epidemics, Tai Hospital can still come up with prescriptions as soon as possible and then send people to various places for treatment. However, once there is a major epidemic that cannot be solved by Tai Hospital, the government will dispatch the army to seal the city and seal all the people in the affected area in the city.
Waiting to die.
Perhaps it will not be written clearly in the history books, nor will it be clearly stated in the court, but it is inevitable that there will be survivors among the common people who will tell others about the tragedy by word of mouth.
In addition, the officials in the Hezhong area were corrupt, and the people had long seen their ferocity, so they did not have a favorable impression of the new North Korean and Chinese officials.
Naturally among them was the noble concubine Xiao Xiruo, who was known as the White Lotus Immortal in Mingdong River not long ago.
If Xiao Xiruo did not arrest the patients, then they might be grateful that Xiao Xiruo got rid of the corrupt officials and gave them their short-term innocence.
But she, Xiao Xiruo, was the one who gave the order to kill all the patients...
"Today, there are seven counties in Su County, Pingshui, Pingjing, Pingkang, Pinghua, Pingyang, Pingshan, and Pinghe. Among them, the epidemic started in Pingkang. The entire county has become empty, with corpses all over the ground..."
At ten o'clock in the morning, Wen Susu stood beside Xiao Xiruo, who was drinking porridge and taking the egg from Feng Wuyan, and briefly introduced the situation of the entire Su County.
Yu Gao is selfish and mediocre. After discovering the epidemic, he only arrests and kills people.
Therefore, not only Pingkang, the source of the epidemic, but also the two neighboring counties of Pinghua and Pingyang were turned into plague towns by him.
As a result, the disease that originally only infected one city suddenly became three cities, and many patients even fled after hearing the news and quickly flocked to other counties.
What's even more frightening is that with the blessing of the giant petri dish of several counties in the river, the incubation period of the disease has been further extended, and even the survival time after onset has been greatly increased.
This means that patients will be able to hide more easily, and the spread of the disease will further increase.
In addition, the various counties' management of the city was not standardized, which also caused many healthy people in the city to be unfortunately infected...
But is this the end?
There are also corpses that have not been recovered, corpses that have been left dormant for several days, and corpses that have been buried in the ground where they were eaten by rats and bitten by mosquitoes...
After reporting this series of situations, Xiao Xiruo felt that the eggs in her hands no longer smelled good.
Even if she still has millions of negative emotions, it won't be enough for these people!
What's more, now that she has added the more than ten or two hundred thousand that the rebels gave her yesterday, her available balance is only only three hundred thousand...
But can all these 300,000 be used for disaster relief?
cannot!
She still has to eat some of it herself!
"Have you and Tai Hospital made any progress regarding this plague?"
Looking up at Wen Susu carefully, Feng Wuyan, who already knew the source of Xiao Xiruo's strange medicine, couldn't help but frown, and made a mental note to Sang Qing.
Sang Qing not only changed the place where the plague occurred, but also kidnapped Yan Moqing. His intentions are evident...
However, even if they knew that Yan Moqing could cure the plague, Sang Qing must have the method in the book, but they could only watch.
Because of internal and external troubles, Dayan had no confidence in attacking Beiyi at this moment. Even if he attacked, Sang Qing could take Yan Moqing and escape farther away.
As for sending people deep into Beiyi to search for people, that is even more undesirable.
Because Sang Qing has firmly grasped their weaknesses, going there rashly is just like delivering food.
It can be said that the appearance of the little sick ghost is a miracle.
If she didn't take the blame, I'm afraid Sang Qing would be able to bring down the entire Dayan with this plague alone.
Facing the inquiring gaze of her master, Wen Susu was under great pressure and did not dare to make excuses, so she could only say honestly:
"My subordinate is stupid. Without the help of the Queen's magical medicine... there has been no progress."
Normally, Feng Wuyan would have definitely scolded Wen Susu.
However, having just learned everything from Xiao Xiruo last night, he knew that Wen Susu and the others could not be blamed for this matter.
So he didn't say anything. He just reached out and patted Xiao Xiruo's back, telling her not to worry too much. All this was not her responsibility.
But at this moment, Bai Zhi, who was sent out to perform the mission with Yao Zhong, hurried in.
"Your Majesty, Madam, it's not good! The people on West Street are making trouble!"
Sujun Fucheng, West Street.
As the most prosperous and lively area in the city, this West Street has many scenic spots and has always been a must-visit place for anyone entering Su County.
Correspondingly, most of the Sujun people who can live above West Street are wealthy gentry families. Their families are well-off and noble. Many of their families have even produced officials from the capital. They are a group of capable people in the local area.
No, at this moment, the doors on West Street were wide open, and there was endless noise. A group of Yiluan guards and local people were in a confrontation, looking at each other from afar on both ends of the long street.
"Gouguan! You don't care about the life and death of our people at all. You just want to throw us into the city of Zhuren to fend for ourselves!"
"That's right, we won't believe you! You all talk nice, how many of us have been deceived by you!"
"Instead of going to that miserable city to wait for death, we might as well die in our own homes!"
"that is!"
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Opposite Yiluan Si, a group of people lined up under the leadership of the squires and wealthy businessmen. Some were holding stones, some were holding hoes, and their faces were flushed and excited.
They glared at Yao Zhong and others as if they were looking at enemies who were about to take their lives.
"Don't talk nonsense. We are here to control the plague on the orders of the noble concubine. Before arriving in Su County, we had already established a plague shelter in the capital and saved many people..."
"Master Zhao, be careful!"
Before the envoy from the Taiyuan Hospital, Zhao Yuan, could finish his words, someone from the crowd across from him suddenly stood up and threw a stone in his hand at him.
Seeing this, Yao Zhong stepped forward almost immediately, raised his knife and split the stone in half, and quickly retreated while protecting a group of imperial doctors who were standing in front to explain the disease to the mob.
However, the stone he split fell into the crowd on the opposite side, instantly arousing a new round of howls from the mob:
"The government has hurt people! They have hurt people!"
"The dog officer is angry! They really lied to us! Don't believe them!"
And in a corner where the mob couldn't see, someone was shouting and making noises in the crowd while once again raising the stone in his hand and pointing it at an old doctor who was not protected by Yiluan Guards.