Chapter 276: Someone wants to poison Shangjing!

Xie Yingmian said, "Qingxiao said that when she entered Feiyang County, she entered as an ordinary citizen."

"She spent some time in Feiyang County. Back then, Feiyang County had a large population and was very crowded. Because everyone had to travel by water to enter and leave the city, the docks were particularly prosperous."

"The dock has become a market of its own, with all sorts of things for sale. There are also many boatmen and trackers, and there are even more shops nearby. It is the most lively and bustling place in Feiyang County."

"This time, she saw no boatmen, only a few trackers. The only way to get in and out was by government-owned boats. The market was deserted and most of the shops were closed."

"After entering Feiyang County, many shops were closed and there were fewer people than before."

"Qingxiao said that she initially thought the decline in the docks was due to population loss caused by changes in government policies."

“Only after entering the plague area did she realize the situation was far more complicated than she had imagined.”

"The plague in Feiyang County has been raging since last autumn. The docks are crowded with people and are the first to be affected."

"The Feiyang County Magistrate drove the people on the dock deep into the mountains and set up barriers to prevent them from escaping."

"The once bustling docks have become deserted in a short period of time."

"After the people at the dock were detained, the spread of the plague slowed down a lot, but there were still many people infected in the city. Anyone infected would be taken to the plague area to fend for themselves."

"The original intention of the Feiyang County Magistrate was to conceal the situation and not report it, but last autumn a eunuch suddenly arrived and led a group of experts to settle in Feiyang County."

When Xie Yingmian said this, he flipped through the letter and said, "Oh, it's gone?"

"Why is Qingxiao's letter so incoherent?"

She searched the carrier pigeon and looked for every place where she could hide the letter, but it was gone.

"Qingxiao's letter was either unfinished or lost."

"What did Zhou Ying write?"

Yu Lingye said, "It describes his experiences after entering Feiyang County."

Yu Lingye handed the letter directly to Xie Yingmian.

Xie Yingmian frowned.

Zhou Ying’s letter is really noisy.

Reading Zhou Ying's letter, it was as if I saw a big, aggrieved dog wagging its tail.

Fortunately, only the first half is noisy.

The second half is normal.

The letter said that Zhou Ying thought that with his status as a general and His Royal Highness Prince Ling, it would be easy for him to go to Feiyang County and bring back Pei Xun and others, but reality slapped him in the face.

Because he was too careless, he was framed and infected with the plague.

After being infected with the plague, the prefect of Feiyang County summoned the uninfected people to morally blackmail him. Provoked by them, he took the initiative to enter the plague area.

He didn't take it seriously at first, but after entering the plague area, he realized the seriousness of the matter.

Many people gathered in the plague area.

These people are under strict surveillance, and entering the plague area means losing their freedom.

There are no doctors, no medicine, no clean water or food here. It's almost like waiting to die.

People outside can come in, but once they come in, they can’t go out.

Everyone inside is infected with the plague, and those infected with the plague cannot go out, except for one type of person.

This kind of people are those who survive after being infected with the plague.

Every seven days or so, someone would come and select those who survived, and these people would be taken away from the plague area.

The prefect of Feiyang County said that he could leave after he recovered.

"Zhou Ying said in the letter that after Qing Xiao arrived at the plague area, he tracked down those who survived the plague and were taken away. Those people were not sent home, but were detained together and then sent to a ship at the same time to leave Feiyang County."

"These people are heading to the capital."

She looked at Yu Lingye and said in a serious voice, "Yu Lingye."

"I suspect someone is planning to poison Shangjing."

Yu Lingye: "Poisoning?"

Xie Yingmian tried her best to speak in a way that Yu Lingye could understand, saying, "These people appear to have recovered, but they are still carriers of the plague. It's just that their bodies have adapted to the plague, and the plague coexists with them, causing them to appear like normal people."

"These plague carriers are still pathogenic. Once they enter Shangjing, the people of Shangjing, who have never been exposed to this pathogen, will be infected in a short period of time."

"One person infects two, two infects ten, ten infects a hundred. Once the disease spreads, it will spread to the entire Shangjing at an unimaginable speed."

Yu Lingye understood.

He didn't look very good.

Plague carriers were brought into Shangjing at this time.

The poisoner's purpose is self-evident - to enjoy the Spring Festival!

The Spring Festival tour is the grandest and most popular festival in Beijing.

Every February, people from all over the country gather here.

If plague carriers sneak in and come into indiscriminate contact with the people, these people will return to their original places after the Spring Festival holiday.

This means that the plague will spread and rage across the country in the shortest possible time.

Once the plague breaks out, countless people will be killed and injured!

"Who would do such a thing? The Grand Princess? The Crown Prince?" Xie Yingmian was puzzled.

The prince is already the prince.

As soon as the emperor dies, the prince can succeed to the throne and become emperor.

What good would it do him to cause chaos in the world?

If it's not the crown prince, then it's the eldest princess.

What is the purpose of the Grand Princess doing this?

Xie Yingmian couldn't figure it out.

Yu Lingye was in deep thought.

"By the way, before Zhou Ying left, I told him that Feiyang County's terrain was prone to plague, and I gave him medicine to treat it. Did he lose it, or did it not work?" Xie Yingmian asked. "It's more likely that it didn't work. Different plagues require different medicines."

“If only we could find a sample.”

If she finds the sample, she will have a chance to find an effective medicine in advance.

Even if a plague rages, the losses can be minimized.

Yu Lingye said, "It's in the letter, on the back."

Xie Yingmian turned the letter over.

really.

There is another line of words on the back of the letter.

It is said that after Zhou Ying learned that the plague was raging in Feiyang County, he found a way to send the medicine to Pei Xun, hoping that Pei Xun could prepare more medicine.

Just this one sentence.

Xie Yingmian: "He didn't leave any?"

Yu Lingye: "It's not mentioned in the letter."

"However, given Zhou Ying's personality, even if he kept it, he wouldn't use it for himself."

Xie Yingmian: "Since Zhou Ying left the medicine to Pei Xun, does that mean Pei Xun is also in the plague area?"

If Pei Xun were here, she wouldn't have to worry.

Yu Lingye: "Probably not together."

"Zhou Ying contacted Pei Xun through a special marker. They have never met. If they did, Zhou Ying would report to me."

"After Zhou Ying was imprisoned in the plague area, he must have lost contact with Pei Xun. Similarly, I also lost contact with Pei Xun."

Xie Yingmian raised her eyebrows. "Since Zhou Ying can use the special mark to contact Pei Xun, does that mean Qing Xiao can do the same?"

"Yu Lingye, I have a plan, but I don't know if it's feasible."

Xie Yingmian briefly told Yu Lingye his plan.

Yu Lingye frowned and thought for a moment.

"By doing that, you might get infected."

Xie Yingmian: "If we don't do it, we might all be infected."