Chapter 124: One plan fails, another plan
As soon as the two appeared, someone immediately recognized them as the benefactors who had delivered the medicine during the day.
"Girls, are you okay?" the man ran over and asked.
Zhu Mingqing slowly shook his head: "Nothing happened, but you guys, a lot of your houses were destroyed."
The middle-aged man said angrily, "I don't know who is so cruel and ruthless as to dare to set off kerosene. Tomorrow we will file a complaint with the authorities and let the county magistrate take charge!"
Kerosene?
Zhu Mingqing's face turned cold, it was indeed man-made!
She raised her thin lips and asked, "Do you have any evidence?"
The man nodded. "Luckily we found a wooden barrel filled with kerosene, and someone woke up in the middle of the night and said they saw quite a few people, but we didn't pay much attention at the time. Who knew those people would actually come and burn us to death?"
Zhu Mingqing sighed, this was far from enough.
It would have been better if the person had been caught on the spot.
At this time, another man came over carrying his mother on his back. The old woman's eyesight was a little blurry, and tears flowed down the wrinkles on her face into her collar. She grabbed Zhu Mingqing's hand and said, "Miss, thank you, thank you..."
Zhu Mingqing's face was full of confusion.
"Miss, my mother wants to thank you for the medicine you sent her during the day, otherwise she..." The man choked up when he said this.
Zhu Mingqing suddenly realized and asked the other party to take the old man back to rest quickly. It was late at night and it was cold and weak, so he must not get sick again.
Otherwise, if they were all sick, wouldn't the county magistrate have an excuse to seal the city gates?!
But the old woman was probably too excited about escaping death, and kept talking about all kinds of things.
And if one person came, two would appear. Soon many people came to express their gratitude.
Although this is not a good time to express gratitude, it may be that the act of delivering medicine during the day made these people feel more at ease when they could talk to their benefactor.
A gust of wind blew, and Zhu Mingqing couldn't help shivering as he looked at the people gathered inside and outside.
She wanted to go back to the house and rest.
After much persuasion, we finally sent all the people away.
Zhu Mingqing breathed a sigh of relief, then returned to the room with Fen Tao and others. She held a cup of hot water to warm herself.
I don’t know whether these people are so kind-hearted or not. Their houses were burned down, but they didn’t look that sad. They even had time to run over and thank her.
Zhu Mingqing shook his head, confused!
How could she know that since ancient times, once an epidemic was discovered, the people were always the first to be abandoned.
If you encounter an unscrupulous official, just like during the day, you can directly imprison the sick people and deal with them without making a fuss.
Although a part of the population will be lost, at least it will not cause a larger-scale disaster.
These people all thought they had really contracted an epidemic and were extremely frightened, fearing that they would die at any time. However, the medicine they took during the day gave them hope. Although they encountered a fire at night, some optimistic people regarded it as spending money to buy their lives.
"Madam, I found kerosene on the street, and all the soldiers have withdrawn." Luo Tian pushed the door open and talked about the situation outside.
Zhu Mingqing already knew the news. After all, Luo Dan escaped safely but failed to find a doctor.
Therefore, it is very likely that the fire today was started by the magistrate of Le County.
Otherwise, who could withdraw all the soldiers overnight and spread kerosene all over the streets in the north of the city!
They had no grudges against the magistrate of Le County, and the only person they could think of was the Liang family!
"Qingqing, it's them." The little world spirit withdrew its thoughts. Ever since the fire started, it had noticed something was wrong. Following those people, it discovered that someone had deliberately murdered him.
They are targeting Qingqing's family.
Zhu Mingqing hurriedly asked, "What else did you hear?"
"They have closed the city gates and no one is allowed to enter or leave. Those who are protecting Qingqing have also been locked outside the city." The little world spirit said again.
Zhu Mingqing's face darkened. If one plan failed, he would come up with another.
Knowing that they are short of medicine, we simply cut off the source.
Ultimately, it's because we are too weak and the enemy is too strong.
In order to get rid of them, the lives of tens of thousands of people in this city can be disregarded.
If it weren't for this heavy rain and the north wind was stronger, I'm afraid people in the south of the city would also suffer.
Everyone said she was cold and indifferent, but in her opinion, the Liang family was really used to being high and mighty and never cared about the lives of ordinary people.
Luo Huai, who was standing by, also thought a lot, and finally said, "Mother, there are no more soldiers outside. We will leave the city directly tomorrow."
We can't stay in Le County any longer, and we have to leave Jizhou Prefecture as soon as possible.
Zhu Mingqing shook his head: "The city gates are sealed, so the key is to eliminate the disease."
Luo Huai was shocked. These people had become so brazen!
…
Luo Tingshan and his group planned to enter Le County for rest as soon as it got light.
But when they arrived at the city gate, they saw a group of people being stopped at the gate and not allowed to enter.
Jiang Cheng went over to ask, and after a moment he returned to the carriage and was about to drive away.
Luo Tingshan stretched out his thin, powerful arm from his sleeve, lifted the carriage curtain, and said in a deep voice, "Jiang Cheng!"
Jiang Cheng didn't want to talk. Given his master's temperament, if he knew what happened in Le County, he would definitely stay regardless of the consequences.
Luo Tingshan stared at him with a deep and cold gaze, which made people feel nervous.
Finally, Jiang Cheng whispered that there was an epidemic in the city and that the gates of Le County had been blocked.
A look of doubt flashed across Luo Tingshan's brow. If there was an epidemic, why didn't the court take action?
He asked, "Is the news true?"
Jiang Cheng nodded: "That's what the soldiers guarding the city said. Those who were stopped outside the city were the ones who left the city today to buy herbs. The epidemic should be quite obvious."
Luo Tingshan frowned and looked at the carriage behind him, "Go and ask them what they need."
Jiang Cheng glared: "Master, we don't have many medicinal herbs to begin with, and you still need them."
Luo Tingshan said calmly, "Just go if I tell you to. Why all this nonsense?!"
Could it be that in Jiang Cheng's mind, he is such a stupid person that he doesn't even have enough for himself but still wants to save other people's lives?
Jiang Cheng pouted, got off the carriage and walked towards the city gate.
Dai Sheyan also came over from another car. Just as she was about to speak, she saw Brother Jiang Cheng shaking his head and sighing, and she knew that Brother Luo's kind-hearted nature had come back again.
"Brother Jiang Cheng, I'll go with you!"
After saying that, she followed behind him. Anyway, Brother Luo was far away from the city gate, so it was up to her and Brother Jiang Cheng to decide what to say!
A quarter of an hour later, after the two had inquired about the news, Jiang Cheng was about to walk back when he was pulled aside by Dai Sheyan.
"Brother Jiang, let's just say that those people have all the necessary medicines and don't need anything, okay?" Dai Sheyan suggested, "Those people's lives combined are not as important as Brother Luo alone, but you know Brother Luo's character. If he knew the truth, he would definitely use medicine to save them... Huh? Why do you look at me like that?"
At the end of her speech, Dai Sheyan couldn't help but frown when she noticed that Jiang Cheng was looking at her with increasingly strange eyes.
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