Chapter 222: Poisoning Eunuch De and the Emperor

Zhao Chengyu, who was tortured to death, sat up in shock after hearing Ye Chutang's words.

"The crime of murdering the prince is punishable by death!"

Ye Chutang kicked Zhao Chengyu to the ground, and stepped on his face with the dirty sole of his shoe, crushing him.

"You want to destroy the people of an entire city for your own selfish desires. You deserve no pity for dying!"

Zhao Chengyu was both humiliated and in great pain, and struggled desperately.

"Let me go, I don't understand what you are saying!"

"When you are infected with the disease and suffer the consequences, you will understand."

After Ye Chutang finished speaking, he kicked Zhao Chengyu to the feet of the National Protection Army.

"Take it away, and stay in each cellar for a quarter of an hour."

"Yes, Madam Qi!"

The National Protection Army picked up Zhao Chengyu, pulled out the arrow stuck in his body, and took him to the cellar.

Zhao Chengyu knew how terrible the epidemic was and struggled like crazy.

"I'm a prince, you can't do this to me!"

"Let go! Let me go! Otherwise I will kill all nine generations of your clan!"

"If I die, my father will have a legitimate reason to destroy the Qi family!"

"Please forgive me, I was wrong, I won't do it again!"

It only took a dozen steps to go from a proud prince to a humble prisoner.

But no one was moved. They watched indifferently as the National Protection Army dragged the wounded Zhao Chengyu into the restaurant diagonally opposite.

Zhao Meng was terrified and reached out to Ye Chutang for help.

"Hurry up and give this general the antidote to the plague, otherwise the Northwest garrison will flatten Dayang Town tomorrow!"

Ye Chutang narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing coldness and displeasure.

"You have to have the attitude of asking for help. I am a rebellious person and I never feel threatened."

"If you hadn't thrown rats into the base, we wouldn't have been infected with the plague."

Qi Yanzhou kicked away Zhao Meng's hand that was stretched out in front of Ye Chutang.

"If you want to blame someone, blame the emperor and the deposed crown prince. They did everything they could to bring about the source of this epidemic."

Zhao Meng looked at the red and swollen back of his hand, suppressed his anger, and looked at Sun Chu.

"You said that as long as I send you to Dayang Town, you will give me the antidote."

Sun Chu rolled his eyes with a grin.

"All is fair in war, haven't you heard of that?"

Zhao Meng didn't expect Sun Chu to go back on his word. He was so angry that he immediately drew his sword.

Before the knife could be swung out, Ye Chutang spoke coldly.

"If you don't want to be wiped out, just be quiet."

Zhao Meng thrust the knife back into the sheath and took a deep breath. "What will it take to give me the antidote?"

"After dawn tomorrow, the truth about the epidemic in Dayang Town will be made public."

Last time in Liangzhou, the royal family used the Qi family as a substitute to destroy the Qi family, which made the people hate them deeply.

Now the royal family has gone even further, ignoring the lives of the people and using epidemics to burn the city to harm the Qi family, which will surely cause turmoil in the country.

Ye Chutang was originally worried that the civil unrest in Beichen would cause suffering to the people and would also attract neighboring countries to take advantage of the situation and lead to the destruction of the country.

But now, she feels that if she doesn't deal some harsh blows to the royal family, Beichen Kingdom will perish before other countries invade!

Fortunately, the north is vast and sparsely populated with poor mobility, otherwise the disease would have spread long ago.

Thinking of this, Ye Chutang felt an unbearable anger in his heart.

He actually created a man-made disaster that was enough to destroy a country. He is worse than a beast!

Zhao Meng looked at the furious Ye Chutang and felt that the temperature around him had dropped a lot.

He knew he shouldn't refuse her request at this time.

But he was a person who received imperial salary and needed the Ministry of Revenue to allocate military pay and food fodder, so he could not say anything that was detrimental to the royal family.

"I only know that the mission of the Northwest Garrison is to prevent the spread of the disease."

As for how the epidemic came about and whether Dayang Town would be burned down, it had nothing to do with him.

Ye Chutang was already in a bad mood, and he curled his lips and sneered.

"But if you don't listen to me, you will die."

Zhao Meng: “…”

He knew Ye Chutang was not joking, and an embarrassment appeared on his face.

Qi Yanzhou knew what Zhao Meng was worried about and spoke up.

"I know that the troops stationed in Bingzhou are loyalists. General Zhao will not betray the emperor. He can only prove his loyalty with his life."

His words made Zhao Meng feel the threat of death truly.

"If I don't pass the message to the deputy general before tomorrow morning, the 10,000 garrison troops will flatten Dayang Town!"

Qi Yanzhou raised his eyebrows indifferently, "Okay, I'll wait."

Zhao Meng knew very well that this game was a test of one's character.

Whoever is more afraid of death will lose!

He glanced at Ye Chutang and left the pharmacy.

Seeing that it was already late, Qi Yanzhou said to Ye Chutang, "Atang, you take a rest first, and leave the rest to me."

The people of Dayang Town have been settled.

Now all we need to do is boil the medicine, deliver it, and observe the condition of the infected people.

Ye Chutang had been very busy before and was indeed a little tired.

She yawned sleepily and pulled Qi Yanzhou to the backyard corner of the pharmacy.

The backyard was crowded and busy.

It was the National Protection Army that was preparing and delivering the medicine.

They were trustworthy, so Ye Chutang spoke without hesitation.

"A Zhou, we must teach Eunuch De and the dog emperor a lesson about the epidemic!"

Qi Yanzhou thought so too.

"Once the crisis in Dayang Town is resolved, I will send a letter to the capital and poison Eunuch De and the emperor."

If the disease wasn't contagious, he would have let this person experience it firsthand!

Ye Chutang and Qi Yanzhou had the same idea.

"I'll prepare the poison. The symptoms are similar to those of the plague, and the antidote is hard to come by. It will be enough to make them suffer for a year or two."

"Okay, once you prepare the medicine, I'll have Nan Xiao deliver it."

"Also, spread the news that the emperor is impotent, and hang Eunuch De's penis at the city gate. If the palace guards come to grab it, destroy it directly."

She wanted to tear the faces of these two bastards to pieces!

Qi Yanzhou nodded in agreement, "Okay, I'll listen to you. As for the scam of practicing Taoism for immortality, I will also find out the truth and let Eunuch De and the Emperor fight each other!"

After hearing this, Ye Chutang felt relieved and even sleepier.

"My husband has worked hard. I am going to rest now. If anyone who is infected has any problems, please find me immediately."

Qi Yanzhou grabbed Ye Chutang and held her in his arms.

"You are pregnant and weak, will the disease take advantage of your weakness and infect you?"

This is what he is most worried about.

Ye Chutang buried her head in Qi Yanzhou's neck and rubbed it affectionately.

"Don't worry, I value my life very much and will not put myself in danger for others."

After saying that, she suddenly remembered something.

"Around the hour of Yin, wet the herbs I prepared and burn them."

The dew is the heaviest at this time, and the thick smoke produced by incomplete combustion will not drift around.

Most of the medicinal smoke will condense in the town and spread to people's homes with open doors and windows, effectively killing viruses in the air.

In about five days, the epidemic crisis will be completely resolved.

"Okay, I'll remember that. Go and have a rest."

Ye Chutang pushed Qi Yanzhou away, left the pharmacy, and went to the inn across the street.

The people from the Qi family and the Chen family were placed in an inn to rest.

The Zhao family and the Ye family live in the cloth shop next door.

As soon as she reached the door of the inn, Zhao Mingxu quickly stepped forward and stopped her.

"We are all at risk of contracting the disease, why don't you give us medicine?"

They were about to arrive in Dingzhou, and he didn't want to die on the way!

Ye Chutang looked at Zhao Mingxu, who was furious and as if he was taking it for granted, and stretched out his hand.

"Just like the last time when I was poisoned by the wasp, five hundred taels for each life."