Chapter 175: The crime is not punishable by death
But before this, Song Dagui had not reported any deaths of people infected with the disease.
Rong Chen's face darkened.
"How many people died?" he asked.
"Replying to the city lord!" Song Dagui spoke cautiously, not daring to breathe, "The death toll is seventy-one..." He raised his eyes and wanted to argue that the death toll was not large, but after being frightened by Rong Chen's appearance, he dared not say anything more.
There is a huge difference between hearing it and seeing it with your own eyes.
The human sufferings I saw from the text always seemed too unreal, and I always felt that there was some exaggeration in them. But after seeing it with my own eyes today, I realized that what was described in the book was too pale and powerless, and it could not even depict one tenth of the sufferings in the world.
All you see is devastation. The streets of Songyang County are empty. From the buildings, you can vaguely see the bustling past, which is in sharp contrast to the current depression.
Merchants don't dare to go out to do business, and shops close early, not to mention that people have the leisure to go out shopping.
Songyang County now looked like an empty city! At least that was what Shu Wan and his companions saw on the street.
"Songyang County is one of the most prosperous counties in Heishui City. It has a huge flow of people on weekdays. I'm worried that some people have been infected with the disease without knowing it and have come into contact with people outside Songyang County!" This is what Shu Wan is most worried about. If the plague is really brought out, it will spread from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred. Who knows how big a disaster will happen.
"Such a situation is inevitable!" Rong Chen had obviously anticipated this situation.
"Mayor, madam!" Song Dagui spoke hurriedly as if to take credit for the incident. "Yesterday, a large number of people in Songyang County were trying to flee like crazy. I was afraid that some of them were infected with the plague, so I didn't let any of them out and asked them all to stay at home!" He did a good job in this regard, otherwise the plague would really be brought out, and the consequences would be disastrous. Of course, Song Dagui was simply afraid that the plague would spread from Songyang County, which was under his jurisdiction, and it would be out of control. Even if he had ten heads, they would not be enough to chop off. In addition, he used violence to suppress the people who wanted to flee yesterday, and a lot of bloodshed occurred.
"Yeah." Rong Chen didn't know what he was thinking, he just nodded slightly.
"Rong Chen!" Shu Wan suddenly called him.
"What's wrong?" Rong Chen glanced sideways.
"Right now, the most important thing is to fight the epidemic and save lives, but there is one thing I still want to find out!" Shu Wan looked at the empty street and spoke word by word.
"Wanwan wants to find out whether this plague is man-made?" Rong Chen curled the corners of his mouth. He knew what Shu Wan was thinking.
"Yeah!" Shu Wan nodded.
"What?" Song Dagui was shocked beyond words after hearing them say that the plague was man-made. "My Lord City Lord, Madam, you mean to say that the plague in Songyang County is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster?" He has always known that plague is definitely a natural disaster, how could it be a man-made disaster? But now hearing Rong Chen and Shu Wan say this, he found it hard to believe, but a sense of hope rose in his heart.
If this plague is really man-made, then he is not guilty, at least, the crime does not punishable by death!
(End of this chapter)
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