Chu Yu quickly realized that the girl was trying to trick him.
He gradually calmed down and said, "Yu has never concealed anything from the girl. What he said was all the truth."
But at that time he had never thought that the girl in front of him could do so.
When they first met, Chu Yu only thought of her as an ordinary young lady who was a little smarter.
When he arrived in Yizhou and found that Yizhou had fallen, he immediately thought of Wei's Fortress. Coincidentally, he met the girl and her brother on the mountain, so he wanted to use her to arrange a retreat for himself before he felt comfortable revealing his identity.
But there were two accidents.
One is that Duke Wei actually returned to the fort before the disaster.
Second... Miss Wei broke his cognition step by step.
Chu Yu said slowly: "Jingzhou is indeed where the incident occurred. The signs appeared in February of the previous year..."
Wei Xiyin's face was calm. He picked up the wine jug in front of him and filled it up for himself, waiting for what was to come.
She remembered that a plague had indeed broken out in Jingzhou in February of the previous year, but the news was not received in Kyoto until April.
If a local area is unable to respond to an epidemic, it must be reported to the imperial court, which will order the entire country to mobilize its strength to prevent and control it.
Probably out of fear of taking responsibility, the local governor reported only an ordinary plague, so the court naturally took ordinary measures, sending medical officers to Jingzhou and using national treasury resources to collect medicinal materials.
But at that time, there was unrest everywhere, natural disasters occurred frequently, and refugees gradually emerged everywhere. The court's attention was not at all on Jingzhou.
My grandfather probably didn't expect that there was another hidden story behind the plague in Jingzhou. His attention was also focused on the disasters in various places. He went to the palace to meet with the emperor again and again and petitioned His Majesty to allocate grain for disaster relief.
The bureaucratic factions in the court were complex. When some people agreed, there would naturally be others who would jump out to oppose.
After a long debate, His Majesty finally ordered the transfer of grain from granaries across the country, which then led to the Five Major Granary Cases.
After that, my grandfather took advantage of this opportunity to make trouble and pretended to be angry and resigned from his post. He pretended very well and did not even inform his family. He handed in the memorial, took Uncle Wu and several guards and followers and left.
It was the second day since Wei Xiyin learned the news. Upon hearing that His Majesty felt extremely guilty after receiving the memorial, he immediately issued an order to promote several members of the Wei family.
Her father was unable to leave Beijing due to his official position, and was worried about his old father returning home alone, so he told her to take Chang Ying with her to chase him and return home to serve her grandfather.
Later, Wei Lang secretly followed...
"Jingzhou has already suffered severely. Countless people died in the snowstorm two years ago, and refugees are everywhere in the country. The King of Changsha believes that it is the current unkindness that has incurred the wrath of heaven."
Chu Yu picked up the wine glass on the table and drank it all, then slowly said: "The King of Changsha has been staying in his fiefdom, not allowed to leave without an imperial decree, but he has long been aware of the hidden truth about the local epidemic."
"However, instead of exposing the Jingzhou Governor's false report, he allowed it to develop, believing that this plague was an opportunity."
As for what opportunity, it is of course an opportunity to rebel.
The King of Changsha had been planning for a long time. As the epidemic became more and more serious and out of control, he, as a vassal king, had the right to send troops to control the entire Jingzhou.
Chu Yu lowered his gaze, "Yu is an insider on this matter."
Wei Xiyin's temples were throbbing, but he couldn't blame Chu Yu. As a counselor, he naturally had to obey the orders of his lord.
She asked aloud, "Where did the plague first occur?"
Chu Yu replied, "Meng County, Jingzhou."
"So, when the situation got out of control, the governor of Jingzhou had no choice but to issue an order and send an envoy to report to the court again." It was the envoy she met at the post station.
Shortly before this, some well-informed people had noticed something unusual.
For example, when my grandfather realized something was wrong, he immediately sent a letter to his clansmen near Jingzhou.
At that time, it was also the time for the King of Changsha to send troops.
Chu Yu chuckled faintly, "Indeed, it's a pity that my former master underestimated the horror of the epidemic and died before he could achieve his goal. The zombie virus quickly spread throughout the army, and even the King of Changsha was not spared."
When talking about the death of King Changsha, he looked calm, as if it was an insignificant person.
As for why he was fine and how he rushed back to Yizhou from Jingzhou, Chu Yu did not elaborate.
Wei Xiyin's mind was not on this either. She didn't care whether the King of Changsha was dead or alive.
The only thing she cared about was...
"According to what you said, judging by the timeline, the full outbreak took place from February to September, a mere seven months."
"How the virus spread has always been a mystery to me." Wei Xiyin tapped her fingers subconsciously. "Logically speaking, even if we give it another two or three years, it wouldn't be possible for it to spread across the country in such a short time and cause the entire country to fall in an instant."
Virus outbreaks have a fixed process and can only extend outward in the form of pathogens. It is impossible for them to break out in multiple places at the same time.
After all, this was ancient times, with lagging transportation and information. Even if there were refugees moving around, it would take seven months for them to carry the virus across the country.
Extremely difficult to do!
What's more, how can we carry the virus around without getting infected?
Was it antibodies? Or, as she initially suspected, was the virus very weak in its early stages and gradually became more contagious?
Wei Xiyin stared at him intently, not wanting to miss any subtle changes in his expression. "Given your talent, you should have discovered something."
She wanted to know the answer.
Chu Yu said calmly, "Young lady, there's no need to test me any further. A master-servant relationship can only last if they are sincere and open to each other. Now that I've called you here, I'll tell you everything I know."
"I really don't know the situation in Ni County. The spies initially reported that the epidemic in Ni County was serious. The Jingzhou Governor attempted to conceal the situation and ordered a massacre in the city, but it was no longer under control. Seeing that the imperial doctors and medicine were about to arrive, they realized that there was no more room for concealment, so they urgently dispatched envoys to Kyoto to report the situation and request support."
"Girl, why don't you put yourself in their shoes? When you hear the word 'epidemic', can you imagine this situation?"
Really unexpected.
It would be incredible for her to imagine that zombies would appear in ancient times.
This is actually not correct, because it did happen.
"The epidemic was so severe at the time that even spies seeking intelligence didn't dare approach Li County. How could Yu joke with his own life?"
"It's just..." Chu Yu paused for a moment before continuing, "Yu noticed something was wrong and privately investigated the characteristics of those infected with the epidemic. He also sent people to investigate what happened in Li County before the epidemic broke out."
He didn't say it before because Jingzhou is far away from here, and the Wei family is hiding in Yizhou, and there is no connection between the two places.
If he spoke rashly, what Tian Gaoluyuan said could not be verified, and it would only deepen Qinghe Wei's (the girl's) suspicion of him.
But now the girl is about to go to Kyoto, and the future is uncertain. Judging from the girl's decision, she actually has the intention of clearing the world of zombies.
Some things can be kept secret, but as for the situation in Jingzhou, before the girl goes on another expedition, he has to speak out just in case.
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