Wu Yu

After about an hour or so, the sky outside was completely bright. The two of them opened their eyes tacitly, tidied up the slightly messy skirts, and closed their eyes to rest their minds for so long, and their spirits improved a lot.

Qingqiu Jue didn't wait for Xie Lingyu's order, put on the shy smile of a servant, went to the next door to wake up someone, Xie Lingyu followed quietly, thinking about learning a skill.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they stepped over the threshold, they ran into Sun Qian who was knocking on Meng Yi's door. Xie Lingyu thought the same, Sun Qian was a young general after all, and he was very good at timing.

Meng Yi came out rubbing his eyes when he heard the movement, yawned in displeasure, and moved closer to Xie Lingyu, muttering, "Let's go, what are we going to do now?"

They have just arrived here and don't know anything about the current situation here. The old doctor also said that now that the people are complaining, it's better to go to various places to check the situation at the moment, and they can't act too hastily.

Xie Lingyu pondered for a moment, then asked the three of them, "Go and see the situation first, what do you think?"

Sun Qian nodded, and ordered his servants to prepare temporary anti-epidemic medicines. He was silent for a moment, and hesitantly talked about the news he had just inquired about, "I'm afraid the situation outside is not very good. As far as I just learned, the county magistrate Liu issued an order the night before. Those infected with the plague were imprisoned in the west of the town, and those who were not infected were imprisoned in the east of the town."

At this moment, there was no one around, Qingqiu Jue's eyes darkened, and his tone was unpredictable, "Forcibly ordered?"

It’s no wonder that bad things happen. They force orders without communicating with the people. The sick relatives are forced away. They don’t know whether they are alive or dead. I'm afraid it will cause riots.

Xie Lingyu sighed, disapproving of this approach in his heart, he was about to speak when he saw the servant who had just fetched the medicine rushing over, his face full of panic and bewilderment.

Several people looked at each other, and they all had a bad premonition in their hearts.

The servant panted and cried: "Adults, go and see, the people in the east of the town brought farm tools and fought with our people!"

Xie Lingyu's pupils shrank suddenly, really afraid of something.

Before the servant could finish speaking, Sun Qian and Qingqiu Jue moved first, and hurried towards that place. Xie Lingyu came back to his senses, pulled Meng Yi past him and ran away, afraid that if he took a step too late, it would be too late.

The worst was yet to come. Before they arrived, they heard loud shouting and scolding. Xie Lingyu's heart sank to the bottom. He pursed his lips and let go of Meng Yi's hand, and looked outside.

Officials and guards rushed to stop them, and angry people held hoes, nails and rakes in their hands, and swung them around when they saw anyone. Where officials and people pushed each other, there was a clear dividing line for no reason. land grab.

People who accidentally fell down on the ground were stepped on several feet, and there were also confused and frightened children, who stood there crying with aggrieved fear, were brought down, and were lifted up again. They looked up and saw the adults Grim face.

Sun Qian and Qingqiu Jue arrived in time and helped the people who were pushed to the ground without saying a word. People will say "thank you" softly.

Seeing Xie Lingyu standing there, Qingqiu Jue took a deep look at him in the crowd, turned around and went to appease the people, Xie Lingyu saw that someone accidentally slapped him on the neck, but he didn't say anything, just continued with a cold face Go to help, silently carry the crying child to an open place, so as not to be accidentally affected.

Xie Lingyu's mind suddenly buzzed. He knew that he should be the most stable person at this moment, because he was appointed by His Majesty. If he did not speak, Sun Qian and the others would not be able to speak.

"Enough!" Xie Lingyu shouted sharply, her usual smile disappeared, replaced by anger, Ruyu's cheeks were stained pink, and her chest heaved violently twice.

The crowd was quiet for a moment, and then suddenly became more excited, cursing, pointing at their noses and yelling, some even picked up the rake and rushed forward.

County magistrate Liu arrived at this time, and he knew it was not good when he saw this posture, and his face turned pale all of a sudden.

Xie Lingyu walked up to the crowd with a cold face, and pulled Qingqiu Jue and Sun Qian back, his fingers trembling slightly, but his voice was steady and powerful, and he said loudly: "I am appointed by His Majesty to come to rescue the epidemic, and now all officials obey orders, All back down!"

If it was an enemy in front of him, his hand holding the sword would not hesitate or tremble, but now it is innocent people in front of him.

Xie Lingyu glanced at their faces, with complicated emotions in his heart.

The people were all ready to fight recklessly, but when they heard this, they felt that something was wrong, but they gradually calmed down, and they looked at each other slightly calmly.

The officials hesitated, and all looked at County Magistrate Liu behind Xie Lingyu. Seeing that Xie Lingyu was burning with anger, his face became colder, and he shouted angrily: "...Give me back!"

The sound came so suddenly that even Sun Qian couldn't help but look sideways. He carefully glanced at Xie Lingyu who was angry, and Meng Yi who was following behind trembled. It was the first time they had been so angry as brothers for many years.

Magistrate Liu's legs gave way, and the other officials hurriedly lowered their heads and stepped aside one after another, not daring not to listen.

Xie Lingyu didn't even look at the trembling magistrate Liu who came to the side, but just looked at the group of people, and suddenly saluted them, and the people subconsciously backed away.

Seeing that they had calmed down, Xie Lingyu said: "I will first apologize to the fellow villagers. It is our fault that we did not arrange you properly, but please listen to me."

Everyone didn't respond, but they didn't refuse either.

Only then did Xie Lingyu breathe a sigh of relief, his tense back relaxed a little, and he said in a gentle voice: "Now the other side of Zhenxi is your relatives, it is really helpless to separate you, everyone knows that this plague is contagious, medicine is It can be prevented for a short period of time, but it is time-sensitive, and it is not necessarily preventable. So we had no choice but to make a bad move. Maybe the officials were too rude and disturbed everyone. Xie is here to accompany everyone."

The crowd began to chatter, Xie Lingyu was not in a hurry, and waited patiently. As expected, a strong man in the crowd stared and asked, "Don't talk beautiful words! My wife, mother and children are all on the opposite side, why don't you take us away?" What does it mean to be locked up?"

Xie Lingyu tapped the folding fan with his knuckles, which meant that at least we could talk. He said calmly, "No, I'm here to release people."

The burly man was taken aback for a moment, then quickly changed into a fierce look, and said viciously, "Young lady, we need to ask for an explanation!"

Many people echoed: "That's right...we want an explanation..."

Xie Lingyu's mind was active, and he had long thought of a way to get the best of both worlds, "Look at this, I can let you go, but I can't let the people in Zhenxi go, they are already infected, for your safety, but also for their sake... how about You cook three meals a day as usual, and usually give a few instructions outside..."

Before he finished speaking, someone interrupted him with disdain: "Bah! What's the difference between this and our separation, let me tell you... We just don't feel relieved, you black-hearted and corrupt officials, don't try to deceive us!"

County Magistrate Liu's face darkened, and Xie Lingyu gave him a blank look when he was about to speak, so he had no choice but to swallow his words.

Xie Lingyu stretched out his hand and made a "stop" gesture, thinking it was a little funny, "Don't worry, after I finish speaking, you guys definitely won't be able to meet each other every day, it's too risky, and it will take time to make medicine, why don't you take care of it?" After taking the medicine, is it okay to see him every three days?"

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, a little moved.

In fact, they also know that if everyone goes there today, maybe there is really no chance of life, but they still insist on doing so, because these officials are not reliable, and if their wives, children and relatives die there, they will not know !

If this is the case, they would rather die together, but now they have another choice, and the people are not unreasonable, knowing that it takes time to make medicine, so this three-day meeting is not harsh, and it is even a big concession. They couldn't help but take a few more glances at this handsome and extraordinary young man, and a little bit of anticipation grew in their hearts for no reason.

Seeing that they didn't speak, Xie Lingyu knew it was over. He smiled, turned his head and met Qingqiu Jue's meaningful eyes, and threw the folding fan over with his backhand.

Qingqiu Jue pursed his lips under the eyes of everyone, lowered his eyebrows and put the folding fan into his arms, like a poor servant who has been angered, Meng Yixin said that if the occasion was not right, he would applaud him on the spot.

The people were discussing with one another, and seemed to be calm. In the end, the strong man acted as the representative and reluctantly agreed. Xie Lingyu was not angry when he saw his hostile appearance, so he summoned Liu Kui, who was among the guards. Let him lead the team and arrange the people well.

Liu Kui clasped his fists and accepted the job.

The people were politely invited home, and the crowd gradually dispersed.

The hem of the clothes was torn, Xie Lingyu turned around suspiciously, Qingqiu Jue looked at the nose, nose and heart, Xie Lingyu saw the ugly magistrate Liu from the corner of his eye, and then remembered that there was such a person.

When County Magistrate Liu saw him looking over, his face became more and more ugly, and he stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "This official has neglected his duty, please forgive me, my lord!"

Xie Lingyu smiled gently, subconsciously wanted to shake his hand twice, but found that it was empty, Qingqiu Jue handed over the folding fan tactfully, Xie Lingyu felt at ease now, waved his hand and said: "It's okay, the county magistrate doesn't mind, Right now, Xie still wants to go and have a look around..."

County Magistrate Liu's anxious heart calmed down a lot, he smiled, and made a gesture of invitation, "Young master, please go ahead, I will not bother you."

Xie Lingyu smiled lightly. Seeing that County Magistrate Liu had gone far away, he asked the other three people for their opinions: "Next, I want to go to Zhenxi to have a look. Will you come with me, or split into two groups?"

If you want to go to Zhenxi, you have to take medicine first. Now that you have encountered this kind of thing on the first day of your arrival, it can be seen that it will not be peaceful.

"If you don't go to Zhenxi today, you and I will go to Langzhong, General Sun and Young Master Meng can go and have a look..." Qingqiu Jue chuckled lightly, his eyes darkened.

"Exploring this Nanling, how many places have fallen?"

Sun Qian's eyes suddenly changed, "You mean..."

Xie Lingyu's eyes dimmed, thinking of the sparsely populated and desolate scene along the way, something suddenly caught in his mind.

Qingqiu Jue stretched out his hand to stop them, and said: "Don't talk too much, take action first."

Meng Yi didn't keep up with them the whole time. Hearing this, he seemed to have seen a savior, and nodded: "Yes, yes, let's move first."

The top priority right now is to control the plague, and the two most important factors are medicine and the scope of the plague.

Xie Lingyu looked at Qingqiu Jue, who was dressed in coarse cloth beside him, there was always an indifference between his brows, he seemed to be confident all the time, not flustered, and after all, he had stayed in the capital for a long time, so he just had a little riot Just let him feel a little flustered.

Maybe it was because his gaze was too obvious, Qingqiu Jue looked at him slowly: "Young Master Xie, is there something wrong?"

Xie Lingyu smiled lightly, patted Meng Yi as a sign of encouragement, and pushed him to Sun Qian's side. Sun Qian nodded at him, expressing that he would take good care of this former classmate.

Xie Lingyu was relieved, and patted Qingqiu Jue's arm with a folding fan and said, "Let's go, Xiaoqing."