Qingyan City in the northernmost part of Ling Kingdom is considered the most prosperous among the border towns. Every Spring Festival, the surrounding people will bring their own things to Qingyan City to sell, or buy some New Year's goods and go home to celebrate the New Year. To the villages in the north
For the common people, it is their lifelong dream to live in Qingyan City.
However, for the past month, many officers and soldiers have been guarding the gate of Qingyan City. No one who is not from Qingyan City is allowed to enter the city. It is said that several villages on the border have been infected with the plague. The Qingyan prefect is worried about the spread of the plague.
Therefore, the surrounding people were strictly prohibited from entering.
There is a military camp stationed outside Qingyan City. Originally, an army of 180,000 was stationed there. A few days after the victory over Liang Kingdom, Liang Kingdom sent a letter of peace, hundreds of thousands of taels of gold and more than ten thousand taels of gold.
box of jewels, the emperor ordered the 50,000-strong army to withdraw, while General Weiyuan's 100,000-strong army stayed for half a month until the situation stabilized before withdrawing.
In the main camp in the middle of the army, Weiyuan General Ling Wang was discussing with the officials from Qingyan City and the governor from the north how to appease the nearby refugees and the villages where the plague was spreading.
"Your Majesty, my subordinates have secretly purchased the prescriptions prescribed by Doctor Lu from around Qingyan City. However, the output of Ma Lian is not large. After getting the news, many merchants raised the prices and secretly hid a lot of it.
I heard that they are all resold at high prices." Mr. Li, a fellow acquaintance of Qingyan City, looked troubled.
In fact, after the prescription was leaked, many wealthy businessmen and officials secretly purchased a lot of Malian, not to sell them, but to hide them at home just in case. Naturally, it was impossible to easily take them out for the court to save those people.
of refugees.
"I have also sent people to search for it in distant places, but with little success. The merchants who have Malian either take the opportunity to raise the price, which is okay, because I am afraid that those unscrupulous merchants will hide it and sell it to others.
"The governor also looked worried.
King Ling had a solemn look on his face. He had been fighting in the north and south for many years, and he was used to seeing life and death. But at this time, he was very angry. Those businessmen were so unconscionable in order to make money. Are they the only ones who are human beings?
,Are the poor not human beings?
"The young Marquis is here..." Several adults stood up one after another, and even the soldiers in the military camp bowed down to write.
Dressed elegantly in white clothes, Dongfang Ye walked into the camp with his hands behind his hands. He nodded slightly in return and then walked to sit down next to King Ling. He said calmly: "Don't worry, everyone, the people of Murong Villa will be there tomorrow afternoon at the latest."
If we can get there, we just need the prince to send a team of soldiers and horses to greet us."
"Murong Villa escorts Ma Lian over?" Even the usually calm King Ling showed his surprise. Is it really another village with dark flowers and dark flowers?
"We won't know the details until the people from Murong Villa arrive, but considering our journey, we should have reached Yuanshan today." Dongfang Ye put his right fist against the corner of his mouth and coughed lowly.
Everyone looked a little more worried after seeing this. It was the first time for the court officials to see this young prince. They thought that such a man who looked like an immortal was actually a world-famous eldest son from the East. They secretly wondered if he had been tricked by someone.
It's too exaggerated.
However, the soldiers here have followed Dongfang Ye through life and death, especially in the several victories against the Liang Kingdom this time. The two clever strategies given by the young marquis were both instrumental in defeating the Liang army, not to mention
When the young marquis first arrived at the border, King Ling was fighting with the Liang army in person. The young marquis took advantage of the situation and sent a surprise force to burn two of the enemy's supplies.
People in the military camp have always judged heroes by swordsmanship. Anyone with skill and courage will be regarded as a hero. There has never been a person like Dongfang Ye who was respected by everyone without even moving his hands. The soldiers said
It is said by word of mouth that the young Marquis is a master of military skills, but very few people have seen him. Rumor has it that he is weak, so he stays in the general's camp all day long. Except for a few soldiers, no one has seen him.
he.
"Aye, your body..." Prince Ling frowned, very worried.
If the war had not been urgent, he would not have let Dongfang Ye come to the north. When he left the capital, the emperor even mentioned Dongfang Ye's body to him. If he had not been seriously ill, he would have been a very popular minister by now.
It is really painful for Da Ling that such a talented person should be in such bad health.
"It's an old problem, it doesn't matter." Dongfang Ye waved his hand. He knew very well that the remaining poison had been eliminated long ago, and all that was left was to rest. But now that the imperial court was troubled internally and externally, how could he rest in peace?
Kong went back to Ciguang Temple to rest for a few days. It wasn't that something happened here in the north. He also knew that the emperor and Prince Ling were considerate and would never call him back unless the matter was really urgent.
"Please take care of yourself, little Marquis." Several soldiers also couldn't speak, so they could only express their anxiety in this way.
Dongfang Ye nodded and sat silently aside, listening to everyone's opinions on post-war handling.
"Has the plague spread to other places now?" King Ling was still worried about the innocent people whose lives were in danger due to being implicated in the war. He really couldn't bear it.
"Yes, the two villages originally infected with the plague have been surrounded. I heard that several people died every day. There are also two nearby villages suffering from vomiting and cramps. We have sent doctors to check and have those
The two villages have been surrounded." One of the soldiers continued, "Dr. Lu has taken many people to nearby Dangshan Mountain to look for herbal medicine in the past few days, which has alleviated some symptoms. However, Dr. Lu said that these can only be temporarily postponed and cannot be
A radical cure.”
In the end, they still had to wait for Ma Lian. The court and everywhere were searching for her, but what they delivered was just a drop in the bucket. Everyone had to place their hopes on Murong Villa, hoping that tomorrow would come and they could go and greet her.
At this moment, a guard came in with a flying pigeon letter in his hand. Dongfang Ye's expression changed drastically after reading it.
"What happened?" In King Ling's eyes, Young Master Dongfang has always been restrained and restrained. He has never shown his emotions like this. Seeing his change of expression, King Ling couldn't help but worry about Ma Lian's problem. Could it be that something happened on the road?
problem.
"It's nothing. King An's people sent dead soldiers to intercept them on the road, but they were dealt with by my people." Dongfang Ye regained his calmness, suddenly stood up, and said to King Ling, "Please also ask the prince to send a team of people to
I and they will stay overnight in Yuanshan tonight."
Prince Ling frowned: "If you are not in good health, don't walk at night. I will just send my deputy to greet you."
"I'd better go in person." Dongfang Ye turned back to look at King Ling, persistence shining in his eyes.
What Dongfang Ye decided could not be changed. King Ling nodded and walked out of the tent to prepare.
Walking outside the camp, Dongfang Ye looked in the direction of the original mountain and whispered in his heart: Silly girl.
If anyone had seen it from the sidelines, they would have been so shocked that they fell to the ground. A gentle smile that was almost doting appeared on the face of the usually cold little Marquis. It was really... too shocking.
[Author's digression]: I quickly drove this piece out, and finally I can go out. My mother has been nagging beside me for half an hour. It's not easy for Emma...
It's dad's birthday today, and Xiao Xi is going out to go shopping and have dinner with them...