Chapter 208 Aren't their lives lives?

After seeing Cheng Jin and Chu Chengye, those people's eyes were full of expectation.

Cheng Jin looked at those people but didn't know what to say. She wanted to say something, but she felt sour in her heart, as if something was stuck in her throat.

The edge of Cheng Jin's skirt was gently pulled by someone. Cheng Jin looked down and saw a little girl with a pair of starry eyes trying to hold Cheng Jin's hand.

She still spoke in a childish voice, and her tone was particularly innocent.

"Brother and sister, are you here to deliver medicine to us?"

Wei An subconsciously wanted to explain the identities of the two people, but was stopped by Chu Chengye.

Cheng Jin looked up and met Chu Chengye's eyes, holding the little girl's shining hand, bending down, smiling and nodding at the little girl.

"Yes, we are here to bring you medicine. What's your name?"

The little girl narrowed her eyes after hearing Cheng Jin's affirmative words. She said happily, "Thank you, brother and sister. My name is Xiaomi. Mom said that I am the rice for our meals, so no one can live without me."

Xiaomi's tone was particularly excited when she explained, and she even danced with joy.

"Xiaomi nodded heavily, "I know, Xiaomi will be obedient. As long as I get better, I will be able to see my mother soon."

Cheng Jin wanted to ask where Xiaomi's mother was, but was blocked by a woman who suddenly ran over.

She nodded and bowed to Cheng Jin and Chu Chengye, "My lords, children can speak without restraint. I hope you can forgive me."

"We are almost well, almost well, no need for your concern. "

Although the woman said that she was almost well, she kept coughing. She didn't look like she was doing well.

She held Xiaomi tightly in her arms. Although she said compliments, her eyes were full of fear.

Cheng Jin raised her hand to touch Xiaomi, but the woman dodged without a word. Cheng Jin could only take back her hand and looked at the woman awkwardly.

The woman looked around . Look, now she is just thinking of finding an excuse to come to Cheng Jin and Chu Chengye. Chu Chengye saw the woman's intention and immediately raised his hand to block the woman.

The woman was even more panicked, "Sir, sir, you don't have to test us anymore. Although we are not well, we won't say anything. If someone asks, we will only say that the medicine is useful, not useless. Please let us go."

"A group of us were infected with the disease. Everyone was hiding for fear of being infected. The adults did not consider their own safety to come up with a prescription for us. We are all grateful. How dare we say a bad word about the adults. "

After hearing what the woman said, Chu Chengye was immediately furious. He didn't expect that the people in the Imperial Hospital would treat the people of Qingzhou in this way.

He turned around and gave Wei An a look, who immediately understood and blocked the woman's way.

Chu Chengye said, "Since you said that the medicine is very effective, then come with us so that the emperor can see it."

The woman waved her hands hurriedly, "My life is worthless, how can I meet the emperor? Besides, I'm just a little better, not cured."

Chu Chengye continued, "Since it's not completely healed, why did you swear that it's almost healed, and you're so unwilling for the Imperial Hospital to continue making medicine? "

The woman's eyes became even more helpless. She turned around again but could not say anything else.

Knowing that the woman would not tell the truth here, Chu Chengye took her to a secluded place.

When they arrived at the secluded place, Chu Chengye and Cheng Jin deliberately concealed their identities. Cheng Jin patiently said to the woman:

"Just say it boldly. We are from the Imperial Hospital, but we are definitely the ones who can help you."

"If you believe us and tell us everything, we can solve your predicament as soon as possible. If you don't believe it, we can't do anything. We can only drag it on like this. We can afford it, and the Imperial Hospital can afford it. Can you afford it? Can Xiaomi afford it?"

After hearing what Cheng Jin said, the woman knelt on the ground with a plop and cried, "Sir, please save our lives. "

"Actually, none of us are well. We have been drinking the medicine sent by the Imperial Hospital every day, but even with every drink, there is no effect. The Imperial Hospital has ordered all of us not to tell anyone else, saying that if anyone asks, we can only say that we are much better."

"But this medicine is really useless. I am so old, and I have lived enough. But how old is Xiaomi? She has had a rash all over her body since yesterday, and had a fever all night last night, and she is still not getting better today. Xiaomi really can't delay any longer. "

The woman took Xiaomi and kowtowed to Chu Chengye and Cheng Jin several times. She cried heartbreakingly, begging Cheng Jin and Chu Chengye to save their lives.

Xiaomi didn't know whether it was because she saw the woman crying so sadly or because she was tortured by the pain, but she suddenly burst into tears uncontrollably.

She started to have a fever last night, and it hasn't subsided yet. Her eyes that were exposed were red. She cried and called for her mother, and no matter what the woman said, she couldn't stop.

Cheng Jin asked in some confusion: "Xiaomi just said that she can see her mother when she gets better. Is Xiaomi's mother outside the city now?"

The woman shook her head in silence, hugged the crying Xiaomi in her arms, and whispered: "Xiaomi's mother is dead, and the people in Qingzhou City are almost all dead."

"How could it be? "

Didn't hundreds of people die in Qingzhou City?"

Cheng Jin and Chu Chengye were both shocked, but the woman continued to coax Xiaomi skillfully with an expressionless face.

When Xiaomi in her arms gradually calmed down, she sneered and said, "Oh, hundreds of people? This is just what those officials said to get away with it. I'm afraid that tens of thousands of people have died in Qingzhou City. "

Chu Chengye thought of the previous memorial from the Qingzhou prefect, which only said that they tried their best to control the epidemic, but the epidemic could not be controlled, which caused the deaths of hundreds of people. He pleaded guilty in the memorial, and Chu Chengye charged him with dereliction of duty. Now it is discovered that he not only neglected his duties, but also deceived the emperor and treated the people of Qingzhou City as if they were not human lives.

The woman spat fiercely and continued: "Qingzhou City is now a dead city. Those of us escaped, but I am afraid that those who did not escape have become a pile of corpses."

Cheng Jin thought of the high mortality rate of this epidemic, but did not expect it to be so high.

Qingzhou is located in the border area of ​​Southern Qi. Although the population is not large, it is not small either. There are more soldiers stationed in Qingzhou. Cheng Jin dare not think about what Qingzhou City has become now.

The lady was silent for a moment, then sighed, "If it weren't for that kind-hearted person, we probably wouldn't have been able to escape. Xiaomi and I would have been infected with the disease and would have died without any medicine."