"stop."
Lu Changgong shouted angrily and at the same time a stone shot out from his hand and knocked down the raised sword.
"Who are you? How dare you interfere with the police's investigation?"
The officer covered himself tightly, leaving only his eyes exposed. As Lu Changgong approached coldly, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva and took several steps back in a bluffing manner.
Lu Changgong's icy eyes swept across the hundreds of officials and landed on Tang Peng. "What do they mean? Tang Jieren, didn't you reveal your identity?"
"When they arrived, they didn't give any reason or explanation and just locked everyone up in that deserted village over there."
"I revealed my identity and stated that I was on duty, but this official, who was more powerful than the emperor, ignored my official documents."
Speaking of this, Tang Peng became angry. He was obviously a Beijing official and was still on duty, but he was ignored by an arrogant and rude yamen runner.
Not only were they ignored, but they also guarded them like prisoners.
He originally planned to wait for the other party to make the first move before starting a war with him.
He had already drawn out his sword when Lu Changgong stopped him.
Liu Meng was panicking. He kowtowed three times in the direction of the capital and refuted, "Stop talking nonsense. I, Liu Meng, am carrying out my official duties according to the order issued by the county magistrate."
"There's a plague in Yuan'an County, and you're passing through it. Anyone passing through the plague area is not allowed to move around freely."
"And you must be isolated in one place. You can only move around after you're confirmed to be healthy. Yuan'an County was sealed off three days ago, with only people entering but not leaving. Yet, many people still managed to escape."
"Plague?" Su Sijin asked in a raised voice.
Did what she worried about really happen?
Liu Meng saw that the girl was dark-skinned and dressed in shabby clothes. He raised his chin proudly and looked at her with contempt, not wanting to pay any attention to her at all.
Suddenly, Liu Meng felt pain in his knees and fell to his knees in front of Su Sijin.
"Pfft." Su Sijin smiled lightly, "There's no need to be so polite. I don't have the bad taste to make people kneel down to answer me."
Liu Meng was furious and wanted to stand up, but his legs were so weak that he had no strength at all. He tried several times but failed.
The angrier he got, the more anxious he became. The more anxious he got, the more he couldn't stand up. He glared at Su Sijin fiercely and yelled at his companions in a vicious voice, "Are you dead? Come and help me up."
Lu Changgong moved his body to stop the person from coming to help. Liu Meng was so angry that he could only kill with his eyes.
"I'll let you get up when it's time. Just answer whatever I ask you now. Do you understand?" Lu Changgong said, pointing his finger at Liu Meng.
Liu Meng was unable to move at all in an instant. He widened his eyes in horror, and his bulging eyes were almost popping out of their sockets and separating from them.
He opened and closed his mouth, opened and closed it again. He didn't expect that there would be such a powerful person among the fugitives. He just touched him lightly.
He was unable to move, and all the bones in his body seemed to be broken. The excruciating pain made him unable to speak.
The originally dry ground suddenly became wet.
Su Sijin took several steps back in disgust. "Is there really a plague in Yuan'an County? Do you know the source of infection? Are there any casualties? Who is your county magistrate?"
Su Sijin asked four questions in a row, but Liu Meng just kept shaking his head because he was in so much pain that he couldn't speak.
Su Sijin frowned, and Lu Changgong flicked another stone at Liu Meng, "Ahem, it hurts."
After Liu Meng finished speaking, he pinched his hands and feet in disbelief, and the pain and weakness in his body were gone. He shrank his neck in horror and timidly glanced at Lu Changgong.
I dare not underestimate others anymore, nor do I dare to be so arrogant as to look down on others.
"You'd better tell the truth." Lu Changgong weighed the stone in his hand. Even a fool would know the meaning of the warning.
Liu Meng shuddered and told the truth, "According to the magistrate of Yuan'an County, as early as half a month ago, someone came to the clinic for consultation because of cold extremities."
"Then he suffered from nausea and vomiting, headaches, convulsions, and a persistent high fever, and then he suddenly died. It took only two days from the onset of illness to death."
"My whole body is cold in the hot dry season?"
Driver Su noticed something unusual about the condition; it was truly abnormal. "Wouldn't it be a high fever if the limbs were cold?"
Liu Meng shook his head. "No, the initial symptoms are cold limbs, followed by convulsions and a persistent high fever. Death can occur within a day, and even those with strong bodies can die within two days. Anyone who contracts this disease is certain to die."
"The disease spread at lightning speed, and the doctor reported it to the county government, demanding it come up with a plan to save the people."
"After the plague broke out in Yuan'an County, the doctors were helpless. The county magistrate ordered a blockade of Yuan'an County, with only entry and no exit."
"The county magistrate wrote to our county magistrate, suggesting that we intercept the people fleeing Yuan'an County. Our county magistrate has issued an order that anyone passing through Yuan'an County must be quarantined for a period of time to ensure they are not infected before they can move freely."
That's why he's here.
He is also carrying out orders with his life.
But this group of people were full of experts, and they subdued him with just a touch.
Su Sijin understood after hearing this.
In the Dai Viet Dynasty, where medical resources were scarce and medical technology was backward, blocking the source of the epidemic was the most direct, stupidest and most effective method. By blocking the source, it would not spread outward.
If a cure could be developed, the trapped people might be saved.
Otherwise, the entire city will be destroyed, and without a host, the plague may be gone.
Su Sijin raised her eyes and looked at Lu Changgong, and Lu Changgong knew what she meant.
"What's the name of your county? What's the name of the county magistrate?"
When Liu Meng heard this, he felt that he had loosened up a bit, and quickly said: "Our county is called Zhushan County. If you want to go to Lingnan, you need to pass through our county."
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