The culprit, Su Zhen, was not the least bit embarrassed. After waiting for a long time, she still failed to see Gu Yunshu's calm expression break. She couldn't help but curled her lips in boredom, untied the reins and jumped onto the horse.
Shang Yuchen didn't feel any discomfort in his body, but instead felt the fragrance of medicinal herbs spreading in his mouth. He put on the towel again and nodded to Su Zhen without any trace, who smiled back.
Mo Chen and Yu Zhu walked out, also untied the reins, and sat firmly on the saddle with their stirrups on.
When Su Zhen passed by Gu Yunshu on horseback, the latter looked at Tao Yongji and said, "County Magistrate Tao, this is Su Zhen, the Shaoqing of Siwei Mansion. Could you please arrange a place for them to stay later."
"Don't worry, sir, I will arrange it immediately."
"Um!"
Tao Yongji looked deeply at Su Zhen, and when he noticed her half-smiling look, he just calmly withdrew his gaze.
Liting Town is not a big place, and all the people who have been diagnosed with the plague by doctors have already been quarantined. Therefore, most of the town is still in safe territory.
Although it was getting late, if they rested for an hour more, more people would be infected with the plague or die directly from it.
Shangyu Chen said, "It is instinct for people to fear death. Although many people have been isolated by the government, there was no good medicine before. Even if the people felt unwell, they would not say it. Mr. Tao, you immediately send people to go door to door.
I would like to inform you that anyone who feels unwell must inform the Yamen immediately and must not hide it."
"this......"
"What? What's wrong? Or is there any difficulty?"
Tao Yongji wondered, "Your Highness, it's not that the lower officials are unwilling. But many people have died due to floods before, and now there are less than 2,000 people alive in the town. As His Highness said, we haven't found the plague yet."
Source, or refine the antidote and let the people come out rashly, I'm afraid... they won't!"
Tang Yinchen, who was among the officers and soldiers, "spit" at him in his heart, this old thief county magistrate! He looks just a bit older than him. To put it bluntly, he is just afraid of death!
"Coward! Don't you dare go to me!"
Yang Huanzhi did not expect Tang Yinchen to be so impulsive. The two of them were responsible for guarding the carriage containing the boxes of medicinal materials, with their heads lowered, so that others could not recognize them. Fortunately, he could not hold back and spoke out in public.
All the hard work of hiding was in vain.
However, Shang Yuchen and others showed no surprise at all, as if they had already known about their existence.
But it was indeed the case. It was only after three days of marching that they noticed it.
It was obviously a lot of obstacles for them, but they became more and more frustrated and refused to leave until two days ago. It was not until two days ago that Shang Yuchen and others couldn't drive them away, so they gave up and simply watched them under their noses.
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Yang Huanzhi looked at their reactions and guessed that the prince and others should have known about their existence for a long time. So he stopped being secretive and dragged Tang Yinchen from the carriage.
When they came closer, they both leaned down and bowed.
"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
Shangyu Chen waved his hand, "The two young masters hid all the way and suffered a lot. There is no need for you to interfere with the plague. When the antidote to the plague is developed, I will send people to send you back."
"No, Your Highness, we are here to save people! They have already arrived in Jiangdu, and I am not willing to leave like this! You might as well count on us if you count on them!"
As soon as Tang Yinchen said these words, Tao Yongji and others' expressions changed.
Yang Huanzhi rarely said anything to stop him. Although Tang Yinchen's words were harsh and unpleasant, they also expressed his inner feelings.
Su Zhen held her forehead, covering up her helplessness. The two of them traveled thousands of miles to Jiangdu. In addition to wanting to save people, they were also affected by Yu Ziye's running away from home. But they did not want to get involved in the court.
In the murky waters, Jiangdu came.
Unfortunately, it is easy to do bad things if you are too enthusiastic.
A strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake. Even though they are brave and fearless, if the Yamen of Liting Town are unwilling to cooperate and they are not very familiar with this place, then they will have to rely on Tao Yongji and the Yamen who are looked down upon by them.
She yawned and spoke in a casual tone, "County Magistrate Tao, the imperial court has not supported you so that you can hesitate, which will eventually lead to the death of the people. You were soft-hearted at this time, which caused the plague to spread again. These more than a thousand
Can you bear the responsibility for human life?
Before His Royal Highness came to Liting Town, he had already sent people to various towns to inform the local government offices to find out all the people who were obviously infected but were hiding the secret. If all the people are cured by then,
Only Liting Town suffered heavy casualties, and the sins you have to bear will only increase."
Tang Yinchen was very puzzled as to why Su Zhen wanted to give in to Tao Yongji. Just as he was about to speak, Su Zhen glanced at him with sharp eyes and told him to shut up.
Tao Yongji lowered his eyes and thought, and solemnly bowed, "I will do my best to find all the villagers infected with the plague to prevent the spread of the plague. Your Highness, I hope you and your lords can develop an antidote as soon as possible."
"Well, you just take the people there and leave the master beside you to lead the way."
Tao Yongji wanted to persuade him a few more words, but finally said silently, "Yes!"
Tao Yongji gave a few more instructions to Master Sun, telling him not to neglect the prince and others, and then he took the officers, soldiers and government officials to various villages in Liting Town.
Watching them leave, Master Sun said, "Your Highness, all the people who have been infected by the plague have been imprisoned in Nanzhuang Village."
"How many people are there?"
"Go back to His Majesty the Crown Prince, there are nine hundred people..."
Master Sun has an unattractive appearance and a slightly bloated figure. He wears a whitish gray shirt and holds a brown folding fan in his left hand.
"Nine hundred?!" Tang Yinchen's tone suddenly increased, "Didn't you say you only had two hundred before? Don't you want your head anymore? How dare you hide it!"
People in Liting Town are not the only ones waiting for life-saving medicinal materials. After entering Jiangdu, all medicinal materials will be distributed according to their original plan, first to suppress the spread of the plague, and then to develop an antidote.
"Sir! You can't talk nonsense! When we reported it to the court, there were really only two hundred people, but the plague spread too fast! Before entering the city, you also saw the thick smoke rising from all over the town. People died.
They should have been buried in peace, but in order to prevent the spread of the plague, our magistrate burned all the corpses early in accordance with the imperial court's instructions."
Master Sun also knew that his explanation was feeble, but in this matter, he had no chance of lying and concealing it, so he had no choice but to tell the truth.
"Okay, Master Sun, please lead the way." Gu Yun said calmly.
"Yes!" Master Sun tremblingly held the fan in his hands and bowed, pointing to the southeast, "His Royal Highness, gentlemen, Nanzhuang Village is over there, please follow me."