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

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "Excuse me, thank you for your hard work today."

Wei Zheng smiled lightly and said, "Whatever His Royal Highness says, we should do what we should do, and you have set an example for us courtiers."

Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Let's not talk about polite words. Now the situation in the city is basically stable. Cui Xing, tell me what happened in Tushan City in the past few days."

Cui Xing cupped his hands and said, "Yes, Your Royal Highness."

"This matter has to start from [-] days ago. I was working at the West City Gate that day. Suddenly, a group of people came from outside the city. They were dressed very strangely, and they were leading several carriages. I was about to go forward to check. The housekeeper suddenly rushed out, he brought the eunuch's letter to lead the people, I didn't have much to say, so I let those people into the city."

Wei Zheng frowned and said, "You mean, the steward of the prefect's mansion, the prefect of Tushan City is Qu Wende?"

Cui Xing nodded and replied: "That's right, it's Qu Wende. People came to Tushan City one after another in those few days. We all assumed that there was something wrong with the prefect's mansion, so we didn't care too much."

"But after five days, it will be a disaster. Smallpox suddenly broke out in the city, and it was a large-scale outbreak, which was out of control."

Li Chengqian asked: "Where is Qu Wende after the smallpox outbreak?"

"Qu Wende?" Cui Xing said disdainfully: "From the beginning to the end, we have never seen his face. The smallpox outbreak still broke out in the camp of the city defense army. Without the prefect, the city defense army broke out smallpox again. This earth The mountain city was paralyzed in just two days."

"The people who asked for help did not come back, but Tushan City was surrounded by the army, and all the civilians or messengers who approached their defensive circle were shot and killed."

"Without the restraint of the city defense army, and because everyone can't see the hope of being rescued, the atrocities in the city have become more and more serious. The hooligans in the city and the murderers who escaped from the prison cells are beating, smashing, looting, burning, raping and looting. .”

"When the deputy commander of the city defense army led us to quell the riots in the city, a group of bandits suddenly appeared, and the city defense army was defeated and fled. The deputy commander was killed, and I was the only one who led a thousand remnant soldiers to hide on the west tower."

"You will know the rest."

After Cui Xing finished speaking, they had a general understanding of the matter.

Li Chengqian followed the clues in his mind, "Mysterious convoy, prefect Qu Wende, prefect housekeeper, bandits."

All he has in his hands now are those bandit leaders, but they can be sure of one thing, the smallpox was deliberately done by someone.

a little while...

Li Chengqian took Xue Rengui to escort the bandits' tents, and the breakthrough was with them.

After entering the tent, five people were tied to the pillars with cloth balls stuffed in their mouths.

Two of them struggled the most fiercely, while the other two were a little calmer. The man in the green shirt passed out directly and was still not awake.

They looked at Li Chengqian who walked into the tent, some had a cold face, and some had fear in their eyes.

Li Chengqian moved a chair to sit in front of them, and said lightly to Xue Rengui: "Let's get started."

After saying that, Xue Rengui waved his hand, and two soldiers with two cloth bags walked up to the two bandits.

The two soldiers opened the cloth bag with expressionless faces, and small daggers shining with cold light hung on the cloth bag.

The people in the camp didn't talk to each other, so the two picked up the dagger on the cloth bag and stabbed the bandit.

The bandit saw the dagger piercing his body, his mouth was blocked by the cloth, and he couldn't make a sound. They all groaned, and cold sweat flowed down their foreheads.

"Hmm! Mmm! Mmm!"

The two twisted their bodies in pain.

However, the two soldiers did not stop, and the daggers hanging on the cloth bags kept stabbing at the two bandits.

Blood dripped down the dagger, and the two people turned their bodies in pain. They were terrified in their hearts. They stabbed it without even asking a damn question. It was so cruel.

When the third dagger was inserted into their bodies, the cloth balls in their mouths were ripped off, followed by two miserable howls.

The three bandits around looked at them with fear on their faces. They never thought that screaming could be such a joyful thing.

"Ah! Kill me! Please kill me!"

"I say it! I say it all! I beg you, give me a break!"

After tearing off the fig leaf, the two screamed, and then begged for mercy, but only for a moment, the cloth ball was stuffed into their mouths again.

The dagger stabbed at them again.

Scream!blood!Mixed in the camp, let this place become Shura hell.

From the beginning to the end, Li Chengqian didn't ask any of them anything, but at this moment they had already spit out the words in their mouths, and they only blurted out after tearing off the cloth ball.

Four hours later.

When the two bandits with daggers stuck in their bodies completely lost their vitality, the three bandits were so frightened that they became incontinent and their bodies were paralyzed.

Li Chengqian got up, pointed to one of them and said, "Give him a wash and take him to the next door."

a little while...

Two soldiers dragged the limp bandit to the next door.

Li Chengqian picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, then said calmly: "I will only ask you once for everything."

The man hurriedly got up and knelt on the ground, "My lord, please, my lord, I will tell you everything, and I will tell you everything."

"Name?"

"Shen Yan."

"origin?"

"Lai...Laizhou, the owner of the Wuyang Mountain cottage..."

"Who planned this?"

"Help... Fusang people..."

"Where did the smallpox plague come from?"

"He...they brought a smallpox patient and asked me to bring him into the city."

"How do you keep yourself from getting smallpox?"

"There is no way to cure or prevent it. They just took a pill that can temporarily suppress smallpox given by the Fusang people. They will all die suddenly in a short time."

"how about you?"

"Me? I've had smallpox and healed myself, so I'm not afraid of the plague."

"Why do you help Fusang?"

Speaking of this, he hastily knelt down, "My lord, please forgive me! The villain has no other choice!"

Chapter 207 The smallpox crisis is resolved

Xue Rengui, who was on the side, looked at him kneeling heavily on the ground, facing his head, and kicked up, "Your Highness asks you anything, you can answer whatever, say one more word, and you will decide the consequences yourself."

It should be said that Xue Rengui is also a gentle and elegant gentleman on weekdays, and he is extremely friendly to others, but this traitorous Shen Yan is really hateful, Xue Rengui really wants to slap him to death.

But he knew that now was not the time for Shen Yan to die, so he showed mercy and spared his life.

Shen Yan fell to the ground, his head was dazed, and blood oozes from the corner of his mouth, but he got up in a moment, and begged for mercy: "It's an adult, it's an adult... I know I'm wrong..."

Li Chengqian said lightly: "What is Fusang's plan?"

Shen Yan faltered and said: "According to the plan, after seven days, when most of the people in the city are infected with smallpox, they will open two gates in the northeast and southeast of Tushan City, and let us divide the troops into two groups to kill the people in Tushan City. Drive in these two directions, and then he... they transported some people suffering from smallpox to various parts of the Tang Dynasty..."

"Until... until all the people in Datang were infected with smallpox."

After the words fell, Xue Rengui and the two soldiers in the camp tightly clenched their fists and bristled with anger.

Fortunately, they can think of such a vicious scheme, which is to put Datang to death!

Li Chengqian was unusually calm, a little vicious and vicious was engraved in his bones.

He continued: "Is Qu Wende related to this matter?"

Hearing this, Shen Yan's eyes widened, and he said angrily: "Yes! It was Qu Wende who asked the Fusang people to find me...to trap me in injustice!"

Speaking of this, Li Chengqian probably already understood the matter.

Qu Wende secretly colluded with the Fusang people, manipulated the smallpox incident in this Tushan City, and wanted to plunge Datang into a place of eternal doom, and he was punished.

Li Chengqian stared at him, "One last question, the place where Fusang people gather."

After saying that, Shen Yan knocked his head on the ground desperately, "My lord, if I tell you, can you spare my life...can you spare my life..."

boom!

Xue Rengui kicked him again, "Your Highness never accepts threats from anyone, and we can find out if you don't tell me."

Li Chengqian looked at Shen Yan who was rolling to the side without saying a word, took a sip of tea, no one who threatened Datang could escape his sanctions.

Shen Yan panicked and said: "I said... I said... the previous meeting place was Wuyang Town, fifty miles outside Tushan City. I really don't know if they changed the place or not."

"My lord, I'm not human... I was wrong... For the sake of my sincerity, please spare my dog's life, my lord!"

He said with his head on the ground and refused to get up.

Li Chengqian waved his hand, "Take him back first, and we'll talk about it in seven days."

"Yes, His Royal Highness."

As Xue Rengui said, he led someone to drag him out. Before the matter was settled, it was not time to kill Shen Yan.

the next night.

Li Chengqian and Wei Zheng had meals in the tent.

After two days of remediation, Tushan City has gradually entered the right track, and the city has been cleaned up.

Li Chengqian looked at Cui Xing and whispered: "Cui Xing, I ordered you to act as the prefect of Tushan City temporarily. After we leave, you will be in charge of the important military and political affairs of Tushan City."

In the past few days, everyone has seen Cui Xing's performance. He is a person who has ideas and is willing to do it. The most important thing is that he is very popular in a small town.

The people in Tushan City all said that he was one of the few good officials in the city.

After Wei Zheng's visits over the past few days, Li Chengqian decided to give him a chance, and the times make heroes.

After the words fell, Cui Xing said in shock: "Your Highness, little... The villain is just a small upright man, I'm afraid it's hard for him to take on such a big job."

"It doesn't matter." Li Chengqian said softly: "I said you can do it, then you can do it. I have given you the opportunity, but if you are not good at being an official, I can only ask you."

Wei Zheng echoed from the side: "Cui Shouzheng, His Royal Highness appointed you as the prefect of Tushan City after consideration. You have the ability to blindly shirk, which itself is also an act of irresponsibility to the people of Tushan City."

"This..." Cui Xing stood up and saluted, "I thank His Highness the Crown Prince for his trust, and I will definitely live up to His Highness's entrustment, and protect the people of Tushan City for their well-being."

"Okay." Li Chengqian said happily: "This is what my parents and officials in the Tang Dynasty should look like. Although Tushan City has been restored, the hearts of the people are not stable. Smallpox and the riots in recent days have had a relatively bad impact on the hearts of the people. Your burden will be heavy."

"However, the palace will allocate some money and food later to subsidize the people and guards in Tushan City. After all, this incident was caused by Fusang. The imperial court did not take proper precautions. The responsibility lies with the imperial court, not you."

Cui Xing hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness, please don't say that. Having a benevolent prince like you is a blessing for the people of the Tang Dynasty. It is your responsibility to take all the people in the world. It is not what you say, but what you do. .”

Wei Zheng smiled wryly at the side, it's better to have money, most of the tax revenue from the national treasury now comes from Li Chengqian's Qinghuo Trading Company, and he never asks Li Shimin for money when he has something to do, and gives the money himself.

Live that is called a chic and comfortable.

After seven days.

When the last smallpox patient recovered, all the stones in the hearts of the people in the city sank.

Wei Zheng and Cui Xing also breathed a sigh of relief.

The smallpox crisis was finally over.

In just a month or so, they felt like a few years had passed, and they even walked back and forth from the gate of hell.

However, Li Chengqian's benevolent character has left an indelible influence in the hearts of the people.

"His Royal Highness, good news...good news..."

As soon as he got the news, Wei Zheng ran to the camp and reported the news to Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian looked at Wei Zheng who ran in, put down the barbell in his hand, and said with a light smile, "Why are you so happy, Mr. Wei?"

"Haha..." Wei Zheng said with a smile all over his face: "The last person in the city who suffered from smallpox has been cured. The prescription you gave, His Royal Highness, is really miraculous. In the future, I, Tang Dynasty, will not be afraid of smallpox. Good luck for Datang."

"His Royal Highness, the veteran will retire first, and inform His Majesty of the good news as soon as possible."

As Wei Zheng said, he hurried out, fearing that he would be a second late.

Xue Rengui looked at Wei Zheng who ran out, and walked up to Li Chengqian, "Your Highness, since the smallpox has stabilized, what about the Fusang people's den?"

Li Chengqian murmured: "You choose ten strong generals, and we will set off in the evening. We must wipe out this group of Fusang people. In addition, you send someone to send a message to Su Dingfang. The white-robed army is ready to attack at any time, targeting Fusang!"

"Yes, His Royal Highness." Xue Rengui responded, turned and left the training ground.

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