After some persuasion, everyone was finally willing to go down the mountain. Simple sheds were built outside the city for temporary living.
"Light it." Situ Yao said this and left.
Su Mengyan waved in the direction of the flickering fire as a final farewell.
They made a lot of noise on Sifang Mountain. The guards noticed the black smoke and guessed something was wrong. They crawled to the prefectural government office and said, "Sir, this is bad."
"What's wrong?" Wang Shouli was thinking that since there were no people suffering from the plague in the city recently, he could start to deal with those people on Sifang Mountain.
Before she could think of a feasible solution, she was interrupted by him rashly. Naturally, she was very unhappy. "What happened?"
"Someone went to Sifang Mountain and there was a fire there." The yamen runner thought he would be scolded, but Wang Shouli actually laughed and said, "God help me!"
"Notify everyone immediately and don't let anyone get involved in this matter." This wildfire could burn all the people infected with the plague to death, so he wouldn't need to do it himself.
The yamen runner didn't understand what he meant, but he didn't dare disobey. He walked away with his head lowered. He bumped into another panicked man. He looked closely and saw it was Mr. Zhang. He was fat and ran very fast. He disappeared in the blink of an eye.
He rushed to Wang Shouli, looking anxious, "Someone saw the refugee camp outside the city."
"It's very likely that the people who were driven to Sifang Mountain by the adults were brought down here." So Wang Shouli couldn't sit still for even a quarter of an hour before he stood up and asked, "Did you see clearly?"
"It's absolutely true." Lord Zhang was very sure, "but I just don't know who did it."
"Someone discovered that we were hiding the situation in Chu City. If the capital knew about it, would we still have a chance to survive?" Lord Zhang was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, pacing around in the study.
Wang Shouli was calmer than him. After thinking for a while, he sneered, "It really was him! I shouldn't have let him go that day!"
"Take people to Yuelai Inn now and capture all the people inside!" Wang Shouli regretted it very much. He had long suspected Situ Yao's identity, but he was fooled by them that day.
Master Zhang was confused. "Isn't that where Master Si lives?"
"Go and arrest him! Stop talking nonsense!" Wang Shouli shouted loudly. Lord Zhang immediately led a large group of yamen runners to Yuelai Inn.
Situ Yao and his team were still placing patients outside the city, and Su Mengyan taught them what they should pay attention to in their daily lives.
"Fortunately, it's not winter now, otherwise we wouldn't be able to live here." Su Mengyan heard Doctor Gu sigh and said with a smile, "This is just a temporary place to relocate the people."
"Doctor Gu, some of the symptoms are relatively mild. Is there any hope for their recovery?" Su Mengyan saw that several people only had a mild fever, but were also sent here.
"I'll try my best." Lord Gu didn't promise. "This is a plague after all, and I'm not completely sure. But what Miss Su said is very useful. At least it won't make their condition worse."
"Thank you for your trouble, Lord Gu." Su Mengyan saw Situ Yao sitting alone in the distance with his brows lowered, seeming unhappy.
"What are you thinking about, sir?" Su Mengyan took the initiative to walk over and ask.
"Wang Shouli." Situ Yao honestly told his concerns, "He must know about the Sifang Mountain incident, but he hasn't sent anyone here yet. It's really suspicious."
According to Situ Yao's original plan, he would wait for Wang Shouli to come and reveal his identity, arrest him, and then follow the clues to put all those involved in the incident into jail.
However, Wang Shouli did not move at all, as if he was completely unaware.
"The black smoke is rising, and it's impossible for people in the city not to know about it." Su Mengyan held her chin up, and an idea suddenly came to her mind. She stood up excitedly, "I know what Wang Shouli is going to do."
"He must have gone to the inn!" Su Mengyan said anxiously, "Qing'er and Miss Cui are all in the inn. I don't know what Wang Shouli will do if he can't find the young master."
"Sir, we have to go back quickly."
"Qingfeng."
"What do you want me to do, sir?" Qingfeng quickly appeared in front of them.
"Leave the affairs here to the others, and you and I will return to the inn." When Situ Yao went to Sifang Mountain, he brought a few personal guards with him, and the rest stayed at the inn. If Wang Shouli had sent fewer people, they would still be able to fight.
The group hurried back and found the inn in a mess, obviously having just experienced a fierce battle.
"Sir, I am incompetent." The only awake guard knelt on the ground, his arm still bleeding.
"What's going on?" Situ Yao asked.
"It was the government. There were too many of them, and we were all injured. After we woke up, Miss Cui was taken away."
While they were talking, Su Mengyan saw a piece of paper with a line of words written on it.
"Master Si, if you want your people alive, just stay out of Chu Cheng's business."
From the tone of voice, it was clear that it was written by Wang Shouli. Su Mengyan handed it to Situ Yao, "He wants to threaten you with Miss Cui's life."
"Do you think I should exchange with him?" Situ Yao stared at her with cold eyes, with a hint of temptation in his eyes.
Although Su Mengyan knew that Cui Mixue was the protagonist and would definitely not die so easily, she couldn't just stand by and watch. After thinking for a moment, she said, "We must save them all, no matter if it's the common people or Miss Cui."
"The reason why Wang Shouli is so bold and presumptuous is simply because he is an official in Chucheng and thinks we are easy to bully." Su Mengyan was interrupted by Situ Yao halfway through her words.
He stared at a certain spot outside the inn. "Someone is there."
After a while, the eavesdropper probably guessed that he had been exposed and left in shame.
"Wang Shouli sent someone?" Su Mengyan frowned. Fortunately, she didn't say anything just now. "Why is he staring at us?"
Situ Yao shook his head, "Let's see what he's going to do next."
"As for Cui Mixue, she is safe for the time being." Situ Yao wanted to wait for Wang Shouli to take action before thinking of a countermeasure.
"Sister Su." It was Zhao Qing's voice. "Didn't they take you away?"
"They thought I had the plague and that bringing it back would bring bad luck, so they left me here." Zhao Qing's eyes were red. "They wanted to kill me, but Sister Cui saved me. It was because of me that she was captured. Can you rescue her?"
Su Mengyan didn't expect that the ruthless Cui Mixue in the original novel also had a kind side. She walked over and ruffled Zhao Qing's hair, "Qing'er, don't worry, we will find a way."
Su Mengyan told him about finding Zhao Qing's father. The child excitedly pulled her sleeve and asked, "Where is Daddy? Can I go find him?"
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