In the face of life and death, few people can be so noble and clean that they can ignore their own life and death, and the same is true for She Hongwen.
But he knew very well that from the time he and Jiang Yi accepted the current order, their fate was already doomed. They had no way to disobey the imperial edict and had no choice but to come. But how they could manage the matter all depended on
they themselves.
Escape from the battlefield seems to be a way out, but no one can control the smallpox in Yunyang City. Once a large-scale outbreak occurs, even if it is just for the sake of the common people, they will be picked out and killed. But if it is controlled properly, they may still be able to survive.
There can be a glimmer of hope.
"Okay, I'll listen to you. You scholars have many eyes and ideas, and you might be able to find a way out." Jiang Yi cursed and said, if he had known that it was so difficult to get along in Beijing, he should have given Mingguang the opportunity.
The emperor sent a letter to guard the border.
She Hongwen: "..."
——Don’t you know the reason why His Majesty brought you back?
——I’m just afraid that you’ve made too many achievements outside, and that your achievements will make things difficult for the town leader like other old generals, so I’ll take you back and make you a mascot.
However, She Hongwen felt that it was better not to tell Jiang Yi.
Anyway, this stupid big stupid person has stupid blessings. Knowing more is not necessarily a good thing.
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Prison.
Seeing so many people approaching her, Aunt Chen almost went crazy and shouted directly at the group of people: "Go away, stay away from us!"
"Did you hear that? You bitches, stay away from us!"
…
The smallpox incident scared everyone in the prison crazy.
Even those government officials seemed to be running for their lives, running directly outside regardless of the situation in the prison.
Unfortunately, they were stopped back as soon as they reached the door.
"What are you doing? Why are you surrounding the county jail? Get out of my way quickly..."
"There's smallpox inside, let us out quickly."
…
Unfortunately, no matter how they shouted or begged for mercy, the people outside pulled up the barbed fence and pointed weapons at them, refusing to let them out.
It was just a guess at the beginning, but when they saw them like this, the government officials were frightened: My dear, even this guy has been infected, can it really be smallpox?!
Then the doctor shows up, then...
There was a burst of crying.
"My mother, how could it be smallpox?! How could it be smallpox?!"
"I have a ninety-year-old mother and a three-year-old child. Please let me out. I can't die yet. I'm going to die. What will happen to my child? Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu... Please, uncle,
Let us out, we are not prisoners, we are government officials."
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The government officials knelt in front of the fence, cried bitterly, and begged for a long time.
Finally, someone showed up and told them with an unbearable expression that the entire county government office had been sealed off. Even Chen Zhizhou, the county magistrate and others were locked up in the county government office and could not get out, let alone others.
Upon hearing this, the government officials were desperate.
And their despair soon filled the entire prison.
In the prison, the thieves who were imprisoned, the beggars who were caught by mistake, and the anonymous people who were framed all started crying.
This is an era when the smell of "smallpox" makes people jealous. Everyone knows how terrible "smallpox" is. Once infected, it is difficult to survive.
Some people scolded officials as non-human beings because they wanted to lead them away, while others confessed that they had done some bad things, otherwise they would not suffer such retribution in this life.
"Retribution, this is retribution——"
An old man couldn't stand it anymore, so he banged his head against the wall.
Those who saw it were so frightened that they screamed: "Ah... someone is dead, come quickly, someone is dead!"
The people who were locked up in the same cell as the old man jumped so far away that they didn't dare to get close at all. They wanted to dig a hole and escape.
Because the railings were crowded with people, Gu Qingling and the others' sight was blocked, so they didn't see the scene. However, they didn't see it, and by listening to their voices, they knew what was happening next door.
As mothers, Mrs. Yao and Mrs. Yao rarely had a tacit understanding. They quickly surrounded their daughters, covered their ears, and comforted them in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, mother is with you!"
Both Yao Anxin and the younger Yao Anling were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they huddled tremblingly beside their mother, not daring to move.
Mrs. Yao and Mrs. Yao felt even more distressed when they saw her.
In the absence of Mr. Yao, Mrs. Yao was still distracted, comforting Yao Anhong through the railing, for fear that something might happen to her son, who was weak but finally healthy.
At this time, Mrs. Yao Er was very lucky. Fortunately, the two cells were next to each other, otherwise it would have been difficult to operate.
Comparatively speaking, Mrs. Yao San is having a much harder time. Although her son is locked up with his father, the problem is that Mr. Yao has just been beaten, his butt is bruised, and he is in a miserable state.
How can he take care of Yao Anyi who is still very young?
Mrs. Yao San had no choice but to put her arm around Yao Anyi's shoulders through the railing and told him not to be afraid, they would go out soon...
In fact, Mrs. Yao San had no idea.
She only knew that the old lady had a plan, but she had no idea what the plan was. But she thought, even if the old lady had a plan, there wouldn't be any smallpox or the like in the old lady's plan.
?!
She was a little frightened, worried that the old lady's plan might fail, so...
Auntie Chen, who was yelling at her across from her, also stopped talking and sat next to Mrs. Yao San, also looking scared.
Now, Aunt Chen is very lucky. Fortunately, the sixth child did not come in, otherwise...
After entering the prison, Aunt Zhang talked to Gu Qingling at first, but later she became invisible, taking care of her two daughters, and she was very quiet all the time.
After the smallpox outbreak, she hugged her two daughters tighter, but she regretted it - if she had known that the old woman was so unreliable, she should not have taken her daughter and left the capital with the old woman.
——Look, how long it has been just now, not even a year has passed. Not only has the whole family been imprisoned, but they have also encountered smallpox?!
——Oh my God, it was smallpox! Can they get out alive?
Under her hanging bangs, Aunt Zhang looked at Gu Qingling in a hidden way, with a hint of malice in her eyes.
This is not the usual good old man who eats food and chants Buddha's name. He is clearly a poisonous snake waiting for an opportunity and may bite you at any time.
Gu Qingling sensed something and turned her head inexplicably.
But unfortunately, by the time Gu Qingling turned around, Aunt Zhang had already reacted and lowered her head.
Gu Qingling didn't see anything and didn't think much about it. She was also full of worries and uneasy now.
Between the wide sleeves, her two hands had long been pulled together and clasped each other hard, because only in this way could she restrain her body from trembling.
Gu Qingling was not frightened by smallpox, but by the man next door who committed suicide by hitting the wall...
