The guards brought the medicine over, and the city lord hurriedly ordered those who could still move to prepare the medicine.
It's like this in his house, let alone the houses of other wealthy businessmen.
Yun Hongliang counted and found that less than a hundred people could still go out.
This small number of people cannot protect the people in the city at all. It seems that they can only take care of the people in the city lord's palace first.
"Bang bang bang..."
The sudden knock on the door scared everyone in the yard to flinch. Both men and women hurriedly picked up the weapons around them and looked like they were fighting for their lives.
Yun Hongliang took a deep breath. He didn't open the door rashly and asked loudly:
"who?"
"The city lord, it's me, Princess Ming."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was stunned. How dare Princess Ming come out at this time?
Isn't she afraid of something happening?
Although she must be protected by experts, she is too courageous.
"City Lord, what's going on in your mansion now? Are many people poisoned?"
Mu Yiyi glanced at the wary-looking people in the yard and said helplessly.
"There are also people who have been poisoned in our house, but not many of them. I have helped them take the antidote."
"Antidote? Princess, do you have an antidote?"
The city lord looked at Mu Yiyi in surprise. He hadn't heard that Princess Ming knew medical skills?
"I'll check their pulse first."
The city lord looked at Mu Yiyi suspiciously. He waved and led Mu Yiyi to the room behind him.
He is a person who is in a coma and has not yet woken up.
There are thirty or forty people in this room.
Mu Yiyi checked the pulses of several people and frowned. What they contained was a kind of intoxicating drug. It was colorless and odorless, making it difficult to detect.
They probably went down into the well, so the concentration is not high. These people will wake up tomorrow morning even if they don't take the antidote.
But you can do a lot in one night.
For example, if bandits come in, they can kill everyone.
Sometimes, it doesn't matter how powerful the poison is, even the most common drug can kill someone.
"Rinse these with water and let them take it."
Mu Yiyi took out a packet of medicinal powder and handed it to the city lord.
"A cup of tea and they can fully recover."
"I guess the bandits are coming soon, right?"
"We haven't entered the city yet, but we found someone attacking on the other side of the city wall, and two people have been killed."
Sure enough, someone has already arrived, probably a spy.
"How many people can we gather here?"
Mu Yiyi frowned, they would definitely have a lot of people coming tonight.
First poison, then kill, and don't even care about people entering the city. What does this Hei Kui want to do?
"More than a thousand people."
"This still needs to include the nursing homes of each family. Our city lord's mansion has less than 500 people."
One thousand people, that's enough.
Mu Yiyi already had a suspicion in her mind. Didn't they use poison?
Then use poison yourself and see whose poison is more powerful.
In the meeting hall, everyone gathered together, including my grandfather.
"Empty city plan?"
After hearing Mu Yiyi's suggestion, everyone disagreed.
"As long as they enter the city, we may not be able to control them."
The city lord also disagreed, Mu Yiyi smiled:
"I'm just talking about opening a city gate."
"Moreover, we only leave them one mile from the city gate."
They couldn't go up the mountain, so they had to seize this opportunity.
"Let them pass through the east gate. There are twelve torches along the way. We have poisoned the torches. As long as they come in for more than half a cup of tea, they will be poisoned."
"We wear special masks that can protect us from the effects of poison, but they move slowly. If we can't win, then there is no need to guard Yuncheng."
Moving slowly?
this……
The city lord's eyes lit up. As Mu Yiyi said, if the bandit was really poisoned, he would definitely not be his opponent.
"Moreover, if we only open one city gate, even if they are not poisoned, we can ambush them in advance and catch them off guard."
The city lord nodded in agreement and did not refute again.
…
Capital City, Prince Ming's Mansion.
"What, bandits are rampant over there in Yuncheng, and the princess can't come back for the time being?"
King Ming was shocked when he received the news.
"Your Majesty, there is a bandit on Heifeng Mountain over there, named Hei Kui. He is ruthless and ruthless. He has gathered many refugees and has looted Yuncheng several times."
The secret guard told what happened in Yuncheng, and King Ming was secretly shocked after hearing this.
The little Cloud City is in such chaos, what about the capital city in the future?
No, it must be resolved immediately.
"I, the king, will enter the palace immediately."
At this time, in the palace, the emperor was furious after hearing the report.
"Thirty cities, thirty cities in chaos."
The emperor threw the memorial into Mu Shangshu's face, and Du Shilang from the Ministry of Revenue was so frightened that he lowered his head and did not dare to say a word.
"Du Ming, please tell me, where has the money from the treasury gone over the years?"
"Where is the food reserve? Ah? We prepare food reserves every year. Are you telling me that they were eaten by rats?"
The people don't have enough to eat, so it's definitely not enough to rely on officials to give out porridge.
When the news came, the emperor immediately decided to provide disaster relief.
Can……
A check of the treasury revealed that there was less than three million taels of silver available.
The emperor was furious and sent someone to check the accounts.
But the premise is to bring food for disaster relief first, right?
As a result, not even one-third of the food reserves were available.
Most of the granaries are actually empty.
The emperor immediately wanted to kill Du Ming, but Mu Shangshu suggested that it would be useless to kill him, and that he should first check the accounts.
But before the accounts were checked, there were reports of refugees from various places colluding with bandits to loot the people.
The emperor was so angry that he almost fainted and summoned his ministers to discuss countermeasures.
"Your Majesty, Prince Ming is here."
Eunuch Bao whispered, and the emperor took a deep breath. He also wanted to hear Prince Ming's opinion.
"Ming'er."
Seeing his favorite son coming in, the emperor's expression softened a little. He pointed to the memorial on the table and sighed:
"What do you think?"
"Father, bandits are rampant in the south, and I am willing to personally lead people there to quell the chaos."
King Ming glanced at it, and the emperor frowned:
"Now the capital is also in chaos, you can't leave for the time being."
The capital also needs people to take charge.
And King Ming's poison has not been completely released, so he cannot take risks.
"Father, only if I personally go there and calm down the situation can I show the majesty of my royal family."
"Nowadays, refugees everywhere are causing chaos. If we can't suppress them with thunderous means, I'm afraid they will become more and more unruly."
King Ming looked calm, but his tone was a little more decisive.
"Oh? I wonder what your plans are, Ming'er?"
None of these ministers has the courage of King Ming.
"Father, I plan to persuade them to surrender first. If they don't listen, I will conquer them directly!"
It is indeed possible to use courtesy first and then attack.
"Father, although there are bandits here, most of them are refugees who don't have enough to eat. We can't beat them as soon as they come up."
If we suppress them immediately and deny them a way to survive, the resistance of the refugees will definitely become more intense.
King Ming thought carefully. The emperor looked at the minister and asked:
"Do you have a better way?"
How dare all the ministers say anything at this time?