"Master!"

Cao Cao, wearing a black robe, stood with his hands behind his back. He heard the words and nodded: "When Fengxiao, Zhongde also came to watch the ceremony of worshiping the heavens? Why not go back to their respective positions and think carefully about the strategies to deal with this disaster."

"What is the lord here?" Guo Jia raised his hand, and only he dared to speak like this.

Cao Cao closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "Just be at ease." Then, he exhaled heavily. In the past half month, he had learned that the epidemic broke out in Ye County, southern China had not only racked his brains to block the plague, but also faced a series of follow-up problems such as how refugees eat, balanced food prices in the city, wanting ways to provide disaster relief, and distributing food and porridge.

He didn't know how many people would die in Yuzhou after a major epidemic, but it would definitely be difficult to see people in a hundred miles in winter. However, in winter, countless mouths have to wait for dinner, which is a bottomless pit. Over time, both government officials and aristocratic families will become a force of obstacles. Disease, hunger, and cold winter will form a huge millstone, and the flesh and blood that are milled on the land.

On the huge platform, there were prayers singing. Cheng Yu was over fifty years old, his hair was gray and his body was slender and thin. As a senior official, he was in high spirits and calm and deep. After Guo Jia talked to Cao Cao, he bowed his hands and whispered: "The lord is the most urgent task. He must block the refugees from a hundred miles away from Xuchang. He cannot let them walk around randomly, otherwise the people suffering from epidemics will pass to the next place. If this cycle continues, Yuzhou will be destroyed."

"How can I not know?" Cao Cao opened his eyes slightly, narrowed into a slit, and carried it on the back of his hand behind him. The blue veins swelled faintly. He looked at Liu Xie, who was sacrificingly sacrificingly, "...but his legs were on them, and in a panic, no one would run around!"

Cheng Yu raised his gaze and his eyes became cold: "Master, maybe it can start with killing someone..."

"No"

Next to him, Guo Jia was stunned for a moment, interrupted quickly, shook his head and said, "The lord first rebel soldiers eliminated Dong Zhuo's tyrants, and now he supports the Han Dynasty by his side. This is a good time to accept heroes from all over the world. Massacre of disaster victims may have miraculous effects on the epidemic, but therefore it will also make a bad reputation among the people. This matter must not be done."

After hearing the suggestions of the two, Cao Cao rubbed his eyebrows with a headache. No matter how big the enemy or the dangerous war was, he had never paniced. However, the troubles caused by this natural disaster made him feel that he had never experienced before.

"Zhongde may be reasonable. The victims who are rushing towards Xu Du outside are really worried." Cao Cao turned around and looked at the two of them, pressing the hilt of the sword with one hand, and walked out, "... But can I, Cao Cao, really kill everyone outside? That's not tens of thousands, then... But my Yuzhou root, the people of the Han Dynasty are not pigs and sheep."

Guo and Cheng followed closely. The young man thought for a moment and said softly: "The states and counties have sent a quick horse to inform them. All Chinese medicine craftsmen in the city have all been transferred to concentrate and are cooking soup and taking them. Although it cannot be prevented, they can always feel at ease. For the sake of this, Jia thought that he could only delay it. When it was delayed until the cold winter season, the epidemic would be eliminated."

Guo Jia, who has always been confident in this disease, felt helpless, which was beyond his ability. Moreover, once the plague spreads, it would be a huge number. Even if there are medicinal materials to eliminate, there would not be so many medicines to use.

While speaking, a soldier trotted from a distance, holding a message in his hand: "Prime Minister, there is news coming from the south gate."

Cao Cao took it and took a look.

The thick eyebrows frowned immediately, pinched the plain silk as big as a palm in the palm of his hand, kneaded it into a ball, and accelerated his steps forward expressionlessly. Guo Jia and Cheng Yu quickly followed, and only heard his words saying depressingly and lowly: "Go to the city wall."

At noon that day, two carriages passed through the panicked street market. The anxious people rarely took to the streets. When they approached the east gate, only a few people opened the window and looked at them and listened to something. The shaft of the car passed here, and Cao Cao pulled the curtains. In the air, there was a faint crying sound from outside the city.

Looking over the tall city wall of Xudu, on the opposite field, a group of ragged figures were gathering on the official road. The generals in the city shouted loudly to them, asking these people to stay away from the city gate, and even signaling the soldiers to shoot arrows to scare them away for a certain distance. Even so, many people still rushed over and blocked the city gate. The miserable sounds crossed the city wall and entered the city.

Cao Cao and others walked up to the city, silently looking at the darkness below, and then further away, on the horizon where the sky and the earth intersect, an indescribable number of people gradually gathered into a black line, stretching all over the mountains and fields, rushing towards the city wall of Xudu.

"Tell those big families in the city to find ways to provide disaster relief. If anyone doesn't provide food, I will kill people and seize food." The fist hit the wall, and the words contained anger.

"Original words?"

"Original words!"

In the distance where they could not see, hundreds of miles away from Xudu, there were more victims coming here, layer by layer. In the subconscious cognition, they all believed that only the emperors and officials in Xuchang City had a way to make them survive. The vast wilderness was filled with people, and people fell to death from time to time. There were also men and women covered in blisters and sick people shouted out by the discoverers, and then several strong men rushed over to kill and buried them.

Going farther away, refugees have become scarce. The two men carried a girl on their backs and hurried to the road. The corpse and tragedy he saw along the way made fear and uneasy stay on her face, and their eyes were numb and unconscious, trying not to let themselves fall asleep.

"...Can we still go to Xudu?"

Cao Ang nodded, turned around and smiled at her from time to time, "It's okay. If you're hungry, there are wild animals in the mountains to get them to eat. If we don't go to places with a lot of people, it's okay."

"Yes...but I'm a little worried."

"Girl, there's nothing to worry about, don't think about it." Wu Anguo put down his hammer and stood for a while, looked at the route, and pointed to a hillside in front, "Let's go there for a rest before leaving."

Cao Ang also agreed with a smile, reached out and took out half a piece of dry food from his arms and handed it to the back, "Yunniang, you are weak, eat something to fill your stomach first. I will go to the mountains to see if I can get wild game. Let's spend this woods tonight."

The person on his back did not take the cake.

"You eat..."

"You guys have eaten...it's easy to hurry."

Hearing the faint sound of breath, the smile stiffened on Cao Ang's face. He quickly squatted down and put the girl on his back, shouting, "Yunniang is sick, come here quickly!" When the words fell, his weak body leaned softly in his arms, his eyes closed, he unconsciously raised his hand, and used his tattered cuffs to wipe the tears that the man had slipped down. His dry lips stuttered, and his voice intermittently, "...I'm sick... the same disease as them... I know, I can't wake up after sleeping... I'm so scared..."

"Don't be afraid... don't be afraid." Cao Ang held her hand and put it beside his mouth, and his voice choked, "You have been holding on forever, why don't you tell me?"

The girl squeezed out a smile, and she shook her head weakly, "I'm afraid... not death... but after closing my eyes, I can't see you again... I just want to spend more time with you... more... more... looking at you."

The eyes slowly closed, and a tear slid across the corner of the eyes.

"ah"

The earth and rocks flew out with a bang. Wu Anguo had red eyes, roared angrily, and slapped the hammer to the ground, "Damn the plague god... Zhang Xiu!!! I'm going to cut you alive."

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Chapter completed!