Datang: Integrate three times the combat power of Lv Bu at the beginning

"Haha..." Li Chengqian laughed and said, "May Duke Wei be willing to listen to the truth?"

Wei Zheng said solemnly: "Of course, the old minister must listen to the truth. This is related to the lives of tens of thousands of people in Tushan City."

Li Chengqian said lightly: "I don't know if this medicine will work or not, because it is the first time I have used this medicine."

"Hmm." Hearing this, Wei Zhengteng stood up suddenly from the ground, "Your Highness, life is at stake, don't be joking."

Chapter 202

Li Chengqian looked at the shocked Wei Zhengdao: "You look like I'm joking with you?"

"This..." At this moment, Wei Zheng felt that this matter was so absurd, "Your Highness, aren't you just playing with the lives of the people in this city!"

"Then why not?" Li Chengqian looked at him, "Someone must try this! Don't you have the heart to burn the people in that city."

"Besides, although I don't know whether the liquid medicine is useful, it doesn't mean that I don't have confidence."

Wei Zheng listened to Li Chengqian's words, and the more he listened, the more confused he became, "I don't know if it's really useful, but I'm full of confidence. What kind of logic is this?"

He looked at Li Chengqian blankly, "Your Highness, what is the meaning of your words? If you are not fully sure, let's take a long-term plan. You are a body of gold, and the old minister can't watch you jump into the fire pit. "

Li Chengqian got up and patted Wei Zheng, "Duke Wei, don't worry, this matter is on me."

Before Wei Zheng could react, he said to Xue Rengui beside him, "Rengui, let's go."

Under the leadership of Li Chengqian, Fengziying entered the border of Laizhou all the way east.

As soon as they arrived here, they felt a strong tense atmosphere. The passers-by on the road all wrapped a cloth around their faces and hurried away.

When they went deep into Laizhou to rest, Li Chengqian took Wei Zheng and Xue Rengui to a teahouse next to the official road.

This is one of the few tea houses still in business that they passed along the way.

However, due to the smallpox outbreak, there were not many guests in the building.

And it is often in this kind of place that they can learn something that they cannot understand through formal channels.

When we arrived at the teahouse, the waiter inside ran out with joy on his face, "Gentlemen, please come inside."

The three found the table in the center and sat around it.

The child hastily greeted: "Masters, what would you like to order?"

Li Chengqian said lightly: "A pot of good tea and a few plates of pastries are enough."

"Okay, wait a moment." The child agreed and walked inside.

Li Chengqian turned around and saw that there were three tables of guests in the building, drinking tea and chatting, as if he didn't take the outbreak of smallpox in Laizhou seriously.

Soon...

Xiao Er came over with a wooden tray, on which there was a pot of tea and four plates of delicate pastries, "My lords, you have everything, please use it slowly."

Li Chengqian looked at it calmly and said: "Xiaoer, I see that you are the only teahouse open on this road. Did something important happen in Laizhou?"

Xiaoer was surprised and said: "Hey, the accents of the masters are not from our locals, don't you know it?"

"Yes." Li Chengqian replied: "We are not locals, and we plan to visit Laizhou."

"Playing?" Xiaoer waved his hand and said, "My lords, you came at a really bad time. The smallpox plague broke out in the Tushan City of Laizhou. It is said that the whole city has been infected. Now it's all Laizhou who are running out." People, where are there people coming to Laizhou?"

"I advise the masters, leave Laizhou as soon as possible after eating, and don't ruin your life just because of playing."

Wei Zheng raised his head and said, "Is the matter really so serious? I don't think your store is running well?"

Xiao Er said regretfully: "To tell you the truth, today is the last day for our small shop to open, and it will be closed tomorrow. The plague has caused panic, and there is no business in the shop."

Wei Zheng hurriedly said, "Is there anyone in Tushan City to manage it? What about the lives of the tens of thousands of people?"

Hearing this, Xiao Er frowned, he has been a clerk here for some years, and he still has the ability to read words and demeanor.

He looked at Wei Zheng, and said cautiously: "I see that the masters are not here to visit the mountains and rivers, are they? I can't say more about some things, and I will lose my head."

It was only at this time that Wei Zheng realized that what he said seemed a little anxious.

Li Chengqian gave Xue Rengui a wink, and Xue Rengui took out a bag of broken silver from his arms and threw it into Xiaoer's hand.

Xiao Er weighed it for a while, and suddenly smiled. He took advantage of the opportunity and sat on the empty bench on the other side, and said softly: "What do you want to ask? You must know everything and talk about it."

Wei Zheng looked at Li Chengqian, smiled apologetically, and then said to Xiaoer, "Just those two questions I just asked."

Xiaoer whispered: "It is said that Duan Fang, the prefect of Tushan City, has already escaped. The city is in chaos, and no one dares to approach. I guess the food in the city will not last long."

Wei Zheng asked suspiciously, "Will the people in the city not escape?"

Xiao Er replied: "Why can't they escape! There are quite a few escaped! But where can they escape? The army outside has already surrounded them, and all the people who escaped from the city were shot to death."

"They were all shot to death!" Wei Zheng said in shock: "Which army is stationed there, why didn't they persuade the people?"

"Persuasion?" Xiaoer showed a disdainful expression, "How can the people in the city listen to persuasion? To them, Tushan City is hell. Staying in it will be death sooner or later. It's better to go out and fight for a chance. .”

Li Chengqian said: "I think you understand it in detail, you probably ran out of Tushan City."

Hearing this, Xiao Er hurriedly waved his hands, "My lord, you can't talk nonsense. If someone hears it, you will be beheaded. I also heard it from a passing guest."

Li Chengqian continued: "Then let me ask you, have you heard, where does the root of smallpox come from?"

Hearing this, Xiao Er's eyelids twitched, and he shook his head hastily for a moment and said, "This... this little one has never heard of it before."

After saying that, Xue Rengui took out an ingot of gold from his pocket and threw it in front of him, "If you have anything to say, tell my young master, we can't treat you badly."

"But if you deliberately conceal it, you will know the consequences yourself."

"This..." Xiao Er trembled a little when he heard that, but his eyes were full of greed when he looked at Jin Ding, and he was very entangled in his heart.

Li Chengqian picked up the tea and took a sip, "Put away the gold first, think about things slowly, we'll wait for you here."

moment……

The shop clerk seemed to have made some kind of decision, reached out and put the gold ingot on the table into his arms, and then said with a straight face: "This matter has to start from ten days ago."

"That night, the shop was about to close, and a few people broke into the shop suddenly. They insisted on drinking tea here, and we let them in based on the principle of earning money."

"But when I was serving tea to them, I found that I couldn't understand what two of them were saying. It was only later that I realized that they were speaking Fusang dialect."

"At first I was a little curious, so I approached the table next to them and pretended to clean it."

"Just when I got closer and heard a word, I was suddenly pushed aside by them."

"It seems to be something, the envoy died...some smallpox...something...I didn't hear it very clearly."

Chapter 203 Preparing to Enter Tushan City

Fuso? "Wei Zheng looked at Li Chengqian in a daze, he didn't expect this matter to be so involved.

Immediately afterwards, he looked at Xiao Er anxiously and said, "Is what you said true? Are you sure those are really Fusang people?"

After saying that, Xiao Er's expression turned ugly, "My lord, that's all I've heard. As for whether it's true or not, whether it's true or not, it's all up to you."

Afterwards, he cupped his hands to Li Chengqian and said, "That's all the little one knows, sir, use it slowly, and the little one will leave first."

After saying that, Xiao Er stood up.

Wei Zheng looked at Xiao Er who got up to leave and stretched out his hand: "Hey... I haven't finished my question yet? Why did you leave?"

Seeing this, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Forget Wei Gong, he is just a waiter in the shop, and you still expect him to solve the case for us."

"Alas..." Wei Zheng also realized that he had lost his composure at this time, "His Royal Highness, the old minister is really impatient... This... why does this have something to do with Fusang again."

Xue Rengui said from the side: "Why else, it must be because Fusang's envoys were killed in Chang'an City. They didn't get a satisfactory answer, and they obviously didn't dare to use force against me, Datang, so they used this sinister and vicious method to take revenge on Datang. .”

Wei Zheng said: "I've thought about this too, but... are they really so vicious? Just because of this, they did this inhumane thing in my Great Tang territory."

"Hmph..." Li Chengqian said coldly: "Fusang is a despicable nation, what kind of things can we expect them to do uprightly?"

Wei Zheng hurriedly said: "Your Highness, what should we do next, should we report it to the court?"

Li Chengqian shook his head and said: "Not for the time being, the current situation is enough for the father to have a headache, and if I tell him that this matter is related to Fusang, I'm afraid he will be under more pressure, besides, we don't have conclusive evidence now."

Immediately, Li Chengqian got up and said: "Let's go, let's go to Tushan City to solve the smallpox first, the life of the people in the city will definitely be difficult, and we will have time to clean up Fusang afterwards."

Wei Zheng looked at Li Chengqian who was unusually calm and calm, and he felt admiration spontaneously. He really didn't understand how such a young prince could be so calm.

It seems that there is no problem in this world that he cannot solve. No matter how big the difficulty is, it is just a small problem that requires a little effort in his eyes.

After leaving the teahouse, a group of people galloped towards Tushan City.

When we arrived at the border near Tushan City, checkpoints had been set up on the official road, guarded by garrisons, and no one was allowed to enter or leave at will.

Wei Zheng took the handbook, and the group passed the checkpoint smoothly.

The army stationed on the outskirts of Tushan City is the Lushan Army of Laizhou. The number is about 5000. They cut down all the trees twenty miles outside Tushan City and surrounded them with crossbowmen and crossbowmen. , Ready to shoot and kill the people who escaped from Tushan City at any time.

After entering the Lu Shan Army's garrison, Commander-in-Chief Zhuang Yongshou hastily came out to meet him, "The last general, Commander-in-Chief of the Lu Shan Army Zhuang Yongshou, see Your Highness the Crown Prince, and Lord Wei."

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "General Zhuang, excuse me, let's talk inside."

Seeing Li Chengqian coming in person, Zhuang Yongshou's hanging heart finally sank. In the past year, Li Chengqian's reputation has been resounding throughout the Tang Dynasty, and his power has shaken the world.

After entering the tent, Li Chengqian sat at the top and said to Zhuang Yongshou: "General Zhuang, let's not talk about polite words. How is the situation in Tushan City? The food for the people in the city is guaranteed. How many people are infected with smallpox?" , how many people are not infected, are the infected and the infected separated in the city, are there defenders in the city to maintain order?"

Li Chengqian asked five questions in a row, and Zhuang Yongshou asked with a confused face, "His Royal Highness, this... the last general... Tu... No one dares to approach Tushan City. The current situation in the city is unknown."

When the words fell, Wei Zheng became angry, "Zhuang Yongshou, how did you become so poor? There is no soldier in Laizhou who is not afraid of death? Besides, even if you can't go to the city, you can't shout from outside the city! You actually told Your Highness, do you know nothing about the situation in the city?"

During Li Yuan's reign, Zhuang Yongshou and Wei Zheng were both under Prince Yin's subordinates, and the two had many interactions. Zhuang Yongshou was always upright and upright.

Wei Zheng didn't expect how to say such words from his mouth.

Zhuang Yongshou explained: "Lord Wei, it's not like you don't know the contagiousness of smallpox. If you send someone there to bring out the smallpox, who will take the responsibility!"

Li Chengqian interjected, "How many days has Tushan City been besieged?"

Zhuang Yongshou thought for a while: "It's probably been around 25 days."

Li Chengqian continued: "Have you ever sent food to the city? It shouldn't be difficult, just drive the carriage."

Paused...

Zhuang Yongshou stammered, "No...no..."

"Reason!" Li Chengqian's tone immediately cooled down, and the surrounding air seemed to drop a few degrees.

Zhuang Yongshou couldn't breathe under the pressure of just two words, and tiny beads of sweat leaked from the pores on his forehead.

"Feng... Prefect Feng said... that the untouchables in the city will die sooner or later anyway, and eating this food is a waste. It's better to save this food..." Zhuang Yongshou gradually lost his voice after talking.

Then he said angrily: "This matter... I have already quarreled with Prefect Feng on this matter. He just disagrees, and the rations are in his hands. I have no choice. For the common people, it is simply a drop in the bucket, and it is useless."

Li Chengqian stood up and threw the token to Xue Rengui, "Rengui, you take the prince's order and go to Laizhou City. If the situation is as General Zhuang said, Feng Yong will be arrested by the palace and brought to justice in Laizhou City by the way. The grain and grass were brought here, Tushan City has been trapped for so long, without food it is difficult for us to control the situation."

If the untouchable came from Feng Yong's mouth, Li Chengqian would have to kill him and deny food to the people in Tushan City, which would be tantamount to murder!

Even the stomach is not full, so what can the people use to fight against smallpox.

However, there is nothing wrong with Zhuang Yongshou's actions. According to their understanding, it is normal not to dare to approach Tushan City. The number of people infected by this plague is too large, and they really cannot control it. There is no need for Li Chengqian to blame him.

"Yes, His Royal Highness." Xue Rengui took the token and walked out of the tent.

Immediately afterwards, Li Chengqian said to Zhuang Yongshou: "General Zhuang..."

"Ah!" His words shocked Zhuang Yongshou who was still in deep thought, and he hurriedly said, "Your Highness, what are your orders?"

Li Chengqian replied: "Tomorrow, I will lead the white-robed army into Tushan City to treat smallpox for the people, and the order in the periphery will be left to you to maintain. No one is allowed to enter without authorization, and those who violate the order will be killed without mercy!"

Chapter 204 Mutations in Tushan City

After the words fell, Zhuang Yongshou thought he heard it wrong, he hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness, you want to lead the white-robed army into Tushan City?"

Li Chengqian nodded and said, "What? Is there any problem?"

"His Royal Highness." Zhuang Yongshou stood up in surprise, "Are you kidding me? Where can I get to Tushan City? Smallpox is a fatal thing. How can you take such a risk with your golden body?"

"Yes, Your Highness." Wei Zheng also persuaded from the side: "Tomorrow, let the veteran lead the team into Tushan City, and you will stay here in Lushan camp to wait for news."

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said: "No, you don't know anything about this prescription at all, and what's more, the situation inside is unknown, so I have to go there myself."

After the words fell, Zhuang Yongshou said anxiously: "Your Highness, otherwise, the general will go in with Master Wei, and you will stay in the Lushan camp. How can you go in person for this matter? How can we explain to His Majesty when something happens? , how to explain to the people of the world."

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said: "There is no need to talk about this matter, I will go in person if I say so."

He still has confidence in the things produced by the system, and he wants to go deep into the city to see if he can find other things. Since he has found clues, he will definitely pursue them to the end.