Chapter 337 Defection
After Xiao Ye tortured the soldiers escorting the Lu family, he learned that Jiang Tangtang had changed a lot before she met Doctor Xue.
He was suddenly able to make all kinds of food they had never heard of, and his behavior and personality were completely different from before, which made them more certain of their guess.
This Jiang is probably really a disciple of a god, and has many god-level items in his hands.
As for why a woman like Jiang could get such an opportunity, he couldn't figure it out for the time being.
But it doesn’t matter, as long as we can confirm that she has indeed obtained a great opportunity.
Once he gets her, he will let her use her divine power to help him restore his health and make him young again.
While he was dreaming, a guard came hurriedly to report, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something bad has happened! Commander Gao and his men have defected."
"What?" Xiao Ye was suddenly awakened from his sweet dream.
The guard repeated what he had said earlier, "Commander Gao took away everyone in his garrison. Besides Commander Gao, they also included Minister Lin and other officials. They all fled with their families. The guards guarding the city were also bribed and followed them to Bohai County."
Xiao Ye thought this was the most ridiculous thing he had ever heard.
The ministers in his court actually ran away together with the commander of the garrison?
This was clearly a lack of trust in him as the emperor. They felt that he would not be able to handle this plague well, and that staying in the capital would only lead to death, and the Great Zhou would be over.
It was a shame that Lu Shiyan didn't even send troops to attack them, but his ministers and soldiers actually defected and joined the other side.
Xiao Ye was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted.
The palace was suddenly in chaos.
The guards who came to report the news were stunned. Why did the emperor faint? What should they do next? The soldiers guarding the city fled along with the guards, and many refugees outside rushed into the city.
After entering the city, these refugees looted food without any regard, causing chaos in the city.
What’s even more terrible is that many of these refugees have contracted the plague. If they run around like this, who knows how many more people will be infected with the plague.
The people in the capital were already frightened by the plague, and now this time, some people simply packed their bags and went to catch up with the team led by Minister Lin and others, intending to go to Bohai County with them.
The capital was in chaos, and after these people went to Bohai County, they also caused a lot of pressure on the local area.
After Lu Shiyan took back Bohai County and other places, he stayed there temporarily. In addition to establishing border defenses and training soldiers, he also resettled refugees and handled government affairs.
However, thanks to Gugu, the couple can still meet often even though they live in different places.
Lu Shiyan was worried about Jiang Tangtang's safety and didn't want her to leave Lingnan.
So he often sent pigeons to deliver messages to Jiang Tangang, asking her to send a cooter to pick him up and take him back to Lingnan.
In this way, since he often sees Jiang Tangtang, it will not affect his handling of military affairs in Lingnan.
But it’s quite tiring to run back and forth like this all the time.
Jiang Tangtang couldn't bear to see him work too hard, so she asked him to do less farm work in the space when he returned to Lingnan.
Unexpectedly, he was still unhappy and felt that Jiang Tangtang looked down on him.
That night, in order to prove that he was strong and energetic and had the energy to do the farm work in the space, he pulled her into the kitchen and unlocked many new positions.
That day, Lu Shiyan returned to Lingnan on his cooing bus as usual. Unexpectedly, not long after returning to Lingnan, he received an urgent letter from Bohai County.
Today is the Qiqiao Festival, and she deliberately dealt with all her official business in advance, leaving some time for the two of them to have a good time celebrating the festival.
She arranged the boat and planned to go out to sea to celebrate the festival at sea.
Just as she was about to leave, she saw Lu Shiyan looking at her apologetically after reading the letter delivered by the pigeon.
"What's wrong?"
Jiang Tangtang suspected that today's romantic trip might not be possible. Sure enough, he said, "There's a plague in the capital, and some soldiers are taking people to Bohai County. There are too many people here, and it's so chaotic. I'm afraid many of them have contracted the disease. I have to go back and deal with it first."
Jiang Tangtang felt a little disappointed, but now was not the time to be sentimental.
She said, "Although this is a great hardship for the people of the capital, it is actually a good thing for us."
For them, being able to capture the capital without losing a single soldier would naturally be the best thing.
Now that the officials in the capital have brought their own troops to join them, it is a good opportunity.
We must handle this matter well, so that everyone can see the prospects and benefits of joining them, and more officials will take the initiative to lead their troops to join them.
Jiang Tangtang thought about it and quickly said, "I'll go with you."
Lu Shiyan looked at him helplessly and said, "What are you going to do with him?"
"I'll go with you and help!" Jiang Tangtang knew what he was worried about. She hugged his arm, looked up at him and said, "Are you afraid that you can't protect me with you by my side?"
Facing those lively eyes, Lu Shiyan couldn't refuse her and said helplessly: "I can't argue with you!"
"It's not that you can't convince me, but it's true." Jiang Tangtang let go of his arm, turned around and went out to make some arrangements, and then the two of them went to Bohai County together.
Jiang Tangtang was worried that Gugu could not carry two people at the same time, so she planned to ask Lu Shiyan to go into the space, and she would ride Gugu to Bohai County.
Unexpectedly, Gugu said that they could both get on board. Carrying two people was just a piece of cake for it.
Thinking about Gugu's origin, Jiang Tangtang no longer had any doubts. She and Lu Shiyan rode on Gugu and flew to Bohai County.
Gao Weiguang had originally only taken the 5,000 soldiers from the garrison, the families of several of Shangshu Jialin's households, and the gatekeepers and their families out of the city. However, upon seeing the soldiers heading towards Bohai County, many families in the capital followed suit.
Including the refugees who followed along the way, by the time they arrived in Bohai County, the number of people had exceeded 20,000.
There were more than 20,000 people, many of whom had fallen ill on the way. They did not know how to prevent the spread of the plague, and the confusion caused more people in the team to be infected.
By the time they arrived in Bohai County, three thousand people had already shown symptoms of the disease.
At the beginning, Lu Shiyan brought out more than 30,000 refugees for resettlement. Even when the epidemic was at its peak, there were only a few hundred people.
Fan Zhang, the newly appointed governor of Bohai County, felt as if he was facing a great enemy when he saw so many people suffering from the epidemic, and hurriedly sent an urgent message to Lu Shiyan.
At the same time, soldiers were quickly summoned to wear special masks and go to the city gate to maintain order.
Seeing that the soldiers stopped them from entering the city, everyone became anxious.
But they have come with a request now, so it is not easy to use force.
Minister Lin suppressed his anxiety and said to the soldier at the gate in a gentle voice, "Could you please tell them that Minister Lin Jingyue is here to visit General Lu?"
(Oh my god, there’s still one chapter I have to stay up all night to write, so I’ll read it tomorrow morning!)
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