Chapter 461 This won’t work

Since ancient times, there has always been a major epidemic after a major disaster. The ancients were never wrong!

Wei Zhongming wanted to cry, feeling that his future was bleak!

He regretted it very much. If he had known earlier, he should have arrested Su Ying. In this way, he would not have to inform the court about the disaster in Luocheng. As long as he kept it secret and survived the drought season, he would be able to return to Beijing to report on his work smoothly next year.

But now that the epidemic has broken out and so many people have died, the emperor will definitely not let him go.

"Sir, what should we do? We should quickly send a message to the Queen and ask her to come back quickly... Ouch!"

Before the officer could finish his words, Wei Zhongming slapped him loudly in the face.

"Where did you come from, you idiot? I was just acting. You really thought that woman was the queen. Send more troops immediately to take those infected people to the mountain and tell them that I will send doctors to treat them. Later, find a chance to put some medicine in their porridge..." Wei Zhongming's eyes were sinister, "We must not let them live until the court comes."

In Wei Zhongming's view, as long as the sick person is killed, the disease will no longer exist. Only in this way can the possibility of him being held accountable be minimized.

"Yes, yes, I understand. I will do it right away."

After the officers left, Wei Zhongming paced anxiously in the room, hoping that things would be settled quickly.

That night, the officials arrived at the resettlement site where the epidemic occurred and took all the people with symptoms out of the resettlement site.

"Behave yourself and don't run around. In order to prevent you from infecting healthy people, the adults have built a temporary shelter for you. The doctor is waiting there. Whoever arrives first will be treated by the doctor first and will recover faster."

The officers shouted at the victims who were so sick that they could hardly stand.

Those who could move were supported by others who could still move, and those who were unwilling to walk were directly kidnapped by the officers.

"Sir, will you really cure us?" A thin man asked tremblingly.

The officer replied impatiently, "Of course, the Lord will not ignore your life or death, so hurry up and line up and leave."

"I, I don't believe it. I don't want to leave. We must have been infected with the disease. The adults want us to die. We can't go. If we go, we will never come back."

When the man shouted like this, the others became scared. Since ancient times, most people who contracted plague had only one outcome: death.

The imperial court was worried that sick people would infect healthy people, so they would take them to one place for centralized quarantine.

To put it nicely, they are being isolated and treated, but the fact is that they are no longer treated as living people.

If you go, you will definitely die.

"I won't go. I don't want to go with you. You can ask the doctor to come here to treat us. We won't leave!"

The patients began to resist.

The number of officials was limited, and they were worried that the patients would cause unrest if the disturbance continued, so they shouted, "This is the order of the Empress. You were all starving to death, and it was the Empress who found people to give you porridge and water that saved you. Don't you even trust the Empress?"

The officer's words seemed to have worked, and the patients gradually calmed down.

At the beginning, Su Ying personally came to supervise the resettlement of the victims, and she was sincerely planning for them.

Would a queen like that kill them?

They didn't know for a moment.

"Let's go. The sooner we get there, the sooner the doctor will treat us. Otherwise, if we delay, you will be the only ones to suffer."

The officials slowed down their attitude, and the patients became more shaken. Some of them simply stopped making trouble and followed the officials in line. The man who led the riot saw that everyone believed the officials and said with some concern: "He won't lie to us, will he?"

"You'll know if it's true when you get there." The officer winked at the people around him and ordered them to go forward and clamp the man on both sides and take him out forcibly.

Those people were taken to the mountains that night. The disease developed rapidly and some patients died on the road before they even reached their destination. Seeing that the disease was so serious, the officials were also afraid.

Wei Zhongming originally thought that he would be able to get through this safely after dealing with the sick victims. What he didn't expect was that on the next day, patients began to appear in other resettlement sites. That afternoon, a total of three resettlement sites had the same symptoms, but the number of patients was skyrocketing.

Wei Zhongming was panicking. Ever since he had cooperated with Su Ying to receive the disaster victims who came to Luocheng, the number of disaster victims outside the city had been rising sharply.

According to preliminary statistics, thousands of people have been infected. How easy is it to solve the problem quietly for all of them?

"Sir, no, it's bad. There is an epidemic in the city." The butler walked into the room with a pale face and his voice trembling.

Wei Zhongming's knees went weak and he knelt down. This kneeling meant the end of his career. Was it really going to end there?

"Sir, I hope nothing happens to you." The housekeeper hurried forward and helped the man up. Wei Zhongming was their backbone. If he didn't pay attention, they would have to run away as soon as possible!

Wei Zhongming took a long time to calm himself down. He gritted his teeth and said in a hard voice, "How many people were found in the city?"

"I did a preliminary count and there are already hundreds of people."

In the morning, the city's medical clinic was knocked on by many people. The symptoms of the patients who came to see the doctor were almost the same. First they had vomiting and diarrhea, then chest tightness, and finally foaming at the mouth. Some people had already died.

When the people found something was wrong, they immediately went to the clinic to see a doctor.

Many doctors in the city have already heard about the epidemic. How could they dare to go out and get infected with it? Nothing is more important than saving lives at this time.

Those people who had no access to medical treatment went to the government and asked it to save them.

"You mean people are blocking outside the government office now?" Wei Zhongming's face turned pale.

The butler nodded and said, "Yes, but I have tricked them into a place, but this is not a long-term solution."

Wei Zhongming took a deep breath and said in a trembling voice, "I'm afraid this matter can't be suppressed. Go, gather the doctors in the city and issue a bounty. Anyone who can cure this disease will be rewarded handsomely."

Even if Wei Zhongming wanted to suppress the matter, he didn't dare to blatantly take the lives of so many people. Since he couldn't suppress it, he could only try his best to pretend. At least when the court saw it, they would give him a lighter punishment because he was so dedicated.

"Sir, why don't you send a message to the Queen?" How could such a big matter not be decided by the Queen?

Wei Zhong clearly understood what the butler meant. He was reminding him that he could use Su Ying as a scapegoat, but he had already written a letter stating that Su Ying was an impostor. If he listened to Su Ying on such a big matter, wouldn't it be telling the court that he was stupid?

This won't work.

(End of this chapter)