Chapter 126 Xiao Yujing arrives and burns them all to death
The days passed one by one, and half a month went by in the blink of an eye. During this half month, Li Wei and his companions stayed here and did not leave, because many refugees came here one after another.
More and more people are gathering here. There weren't many people in the woods and on both sides of the road before, but now almost all of them are gathered here.
Those who contracted the disease in the first wave have now fully recovered. They are not idle either, but are helping Li Wei manage the new refugees.
Li Wei and his guards could also relax a little. These days, Li Wei had not seen Sun Qifa again and thought he was hiding on purpose. Later, he went into the city to inquire and found out that he was sick and had been resting in bed for half a month.
Li Wei didn't care about him. His help was not needed anyway. In the past half month, people in the city had been infected with the epidemic one after another.
At first, the yamen runners inside didn't want to let them out, so Sun Qifa ordered people to arrest and kill them secretly, and the yamen runners did so at first.
But later more and more people came, and many people heard that there was someone outside the city who could cure the plague, but the county magistrate sent people to arrest them.
This angered the people, and they gathered at the city gate every day to protest.
How could the yamen runners resist? Besides, Li Wei outside also heard what was happening inside, so he took the initiative to release the people inside.
With so many people around, the gatekeepers had no choice but to inform Sun Qifa.
Sun Qifa was busy with his own affairs, so he just waved his hand casually and let them go.
So Li Wei ignored him and took the initiative to arrange it.
On this day, Li Wei and others were talking to the refugees when suddenly many soldiers came from not far away. Judging from the sound of their footsteps, there were at least several thousand of them.
Jiang Nanyuan and Xiao Yuchen also looked over there when they heard the sound. Seeing the familiar figure sitting on the horse, Xiao Yuchen couldn't help but frown. He was very familiar with the person on the horse. Who else could it be but Xiao Yujing?
Why is he here? Could it be that Li Wei sent a letter to the emperor, and the emperor sent him?
It seems that this is the only possibility.
Just as Xiao Yuchen was looking at Xiao Yujing, he was also looking at Xiao Yuchen.
Seeing him on the road of exile, not only had his previous serious injuries healed, but he not only did not lose weight, but looked even fatter than when he was in the prison in the capital.
Xiao Yujing's face became darker and darker. He didn't look like an exile at all, but rather like someone who was here for fun.
Not only them, but also the Lin family was like this. They were dressed neatly and looked energetic, not like people who were suffering at all.
On the contrary, Luo Yurou and the other women and children around her looked much more miserable. They looked like normal exiles.
But why didn't I see Jiang Nanfeng and the others? Where did they go?
Xiao Yujing rode over on his horse, looking puzzled. When he got close to them, he stretched out his hand and waved forward, "Surround them all."
At his command, the officers and soldiers behind him rushed up from behind, each holding a knife and surrounding them all.
Not only that, the people and refugees outside were also surrounded.
This frightened the people. What was going on? Why were they surrounded for no reason?
Everyone was wondering what was going on. Li Wei was also very surprised by Xiao Yujing's behavior. He walked forward, clasped his fists, and respectfully asked, "Second Prince, what do you mean? Why have you surrounded us?"
Xiao Yujing glanced at Li Wei with disdain, and before they could remain puzzled for long, he said loudly, "I have been ordered to apprehend you all. The emperor learned that you all had contracted the plague, so he sent me here specifically to capture all those who were sick and burn them to death."
At this point, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. They were so stupid that they gathered so many people with the plague together. It really helped him a lot. He didn't have to bother finding people to catch.
When the people heard what Xiao Yujing said, they all showed expressions of horror on their faces.
Isn't there a cure for the disease now? Why do we still need to capture and burn them?
Li Wei still thought that Xiao Yujing didn't know the situation here, so he stepped forward again and said, "Second Prince, we now have a way to treat the plague. These people will not die, and the plague will not continue to spread. Second Prince, could you please send a message back to inform His Majesty.
The plague can be cured without burning the people to death."
"When did I need you to interrupt me? I still want to thank you for gathering all these sick people together. You'd better be sensible. If you say anything more, I'll arrest you and burn you to death too."
When the people heard that the Second Prince was completely unreasonable and really wanted to capture and kill them, they were really panicked, especially those who had been treated before. They were now no different from normal people. It would be so unfair if they were captured and burned to death.
In this way, some people began to resist, and more and more people joined in.
But they were unarmed and had no martial arts skills, so they were no match for the soldiers with swords. However, without Xiao Yujing's order, they did not take real action.
"Anyone who resists will be killed immediately." Xiao Yujing's order was issued, and the guards did not care about these people. They drew their swords and chopped down anyone who resisted without any hesitation.
Those people had never seen such a thing before, and they were so frightened that they dared not move.
Xiao Yuchen and Li Wei saw that they were serious about it. More than a dozen civilians had been killed in such a short time. It took Li Wei a lot of effort to save these more than a dozen civilians.
Now that they had killed him like this, his eyes were red. Shouldn't the emperor love his people like his own children? How could he allow the Second Prince to kill innocent people so recklessly?
In the past, he thought that he was the emperor's subject, that he was loyal to the emperor and obeyed the emperor in everything.
But now seeing how they treated the people, he suddenly remembered what Xiao Yuchen had said to him before. Instead of continuing to be loyal to such an incompetent emperor, it would be better to follow Xiao Yuchen. At least he had seen everything he had done these days.
At least he was sincere to these people, and he saw great love in their eyes.
With this in mind, he tried to communicate with Xiao Yujing again, "Second Prince, I promise to cure the disease of these people, please show them some mercy.
Can you give us some more time? I beg you, Second Prince. Li Wei knelt down in front of Xiao Yujing, and the guards who followed him also knelt down.
Xiao Yujing glanced at him coldly, narrowing his eyes dangerously, "Li Wei, are you going to teach me how to do things again?"
"I dare not. I just want to ask for mercy for these people."
"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and arrest them all. Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy."
Xiao Yujing ignored Li Wei and spoke to the leader of the officers and soldiers who came with him.
"Yes." The officer responded and looked at the civilians, "Catch them all."
The people were all disheartened. They had previously thought that they would die if they contracted the plague, but learning that there were people here who could cure the plague gave them hope. Now, they were forced into a desperate situation.
Since that’s the case, since we’re going to die anyway, we might as well fight to the death.
"You little bastard prince, you don't take the lives of us people seriously. We're all going to die anyway, so I'll fight you to the death."
The person who spoke was one of the first men to be cured of the plague. He rushed forward and took advantage of the soldiers' inattention to pull out the big knife in his hand, and raised the knife to chop at Xiao Yujing.
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