Chapter 176: Public Outrage
Someone carefully planned such a horrific plague, and the target was Heishui City. Songyang County under his jurisdiction was just the murderer's first target. The enemy was in the dark and we were in the light, and it was hard to guard against. How could a small county magistrate like him prevent such a thing?
This cannot be blamed on him. At most, he was charged with concealing the epidemic!
Thinking of this, Song Dagui felt much better. As long as he performed well in this epidemic control, he would be able to atone for his sins. He might even have a chance to make meritorious service!
"Yes!" Shu Wan nodded and answered, ignoring Song Dagui. "Generally speaking, plague will only break out after a very serious natural disaster."
"For example, after a flood, countless animals and poultry will die, and their carcasses can be seen everywhere. If the carcasses of these animals are not properly handled, they will release an infectious disease after they rot, and once humans are infected, the disease will spread over a large area!"
"But Songyang County has had good weather this year, and there have never been any natural disasters!"
"Why did a plague suddenly break out out of nowhere?"
This is a question that Shu Wan has always been concerned about.
"Yes, yes, madam is right!" Song Dagui nodded like a chick pecking at rice, "City Lord, although I don't have any real ability, in recent years, the people of Songyang County have lived and worked in peace and contentment, and nothing major has ever happened. How could there be a plague suddenly? This doesn't make sense. Someone must have deliberately murdered them, and there may be a bigger conspiracy behind it. I ask the City Lord to find out the person behind the scenes and give justice to the people of Songyang County, City Lord!" He kept saying that he was doing it for the people of Songyang County, but in the final analysis, he just wanted to keep his official hat.
"Wanwan, you are right. This matter needs to be thoroughly investigated!" Rong Chen smiled at Shu Wan.
Song Dagui, who was ignored by the two, said: ...
"Report--" At this moment, a very urgent voice came from behind.
Several people looked back.
It was a guard at the gate, riding his horse and rushing here desperately.
"What's the matter?" Song Dagui shouted, "If you disturb the fight between the city lord and his wife, what will be your punishment?" This guy really doesn't know the rules. Let's see how he will deal with him later.
"What's the matter?" Rong Chen wanted to ask calmly.
"To reply to the city lord, there is a woman outside who claims to be Madam's friend and is clamoring to come in." At this point, the soldier glanced at Shu Wan and continued, "She said she believed in Yu Wen and asked his subordinates to find Madam and let her in."
Yuwenzhu.
This person is definitely Yuwen Zhu.
Didn’t she go to Blackwater City? Why did she have to follow me to Songyang County?
"Feng Ling, go and take a look!" Rong Chen ordered expressionlessly.
"Yes, master, do you want to bring the person in?" Feng Ling asked Rong Chen's opinion.
Rong Chen looked at Shu Wan and asked her what she thought.
"If it's really Yuwenzhu, just bring her in." Shu Wan thought for a while and said.
"Yes!" Feng Ling responded and turned around and left on his horse.
Rong Chen and his companions continued to move forward. After passing two more intersections, countless people suddenly emerged from the front. They ran towards them excitedly, muttering something.
Soon, Rong Chen, Shu Wan and Song Dagui were surrounded.
"Let us out, shameless and corrupt officials, you don't care about our lives, we want to get out!"
"Yes, let us out, let us out!"
The people were so excited that they almost came up and started to tear a few people apart.
These are some of the people who were suppressed by Song Dagui with force yesterday. After discussion, they felt that they could not sit and wait for death. Given the current situation in Songyang County, staying in Songyang County would only lead to death, so they must fight for a way of survival for themselves and their families.
"Shut up, all of you shut up!" Song Dagui was furious. "What's the situation now? You are still thinking about going out. What if you bring the plague with you? The city lord and his wife have come in person. What do you have to worry about?" This group of unruly people took to the streets to cause trouble so openly, which ruined the impression of the city lord. What should we do?
"The city lord and his wife? The city lord is here?"
"Then are we saved?"
"But what's the point of them coming? If they don't escape, they will die if they are infected with the plague."
"You're right. Even if the city lord comes, we have to get out too. City lord, let us out. We want to get out!"
After knowing that the person here was the city lord Rong Chen, the people became even more excited, and some even wanted to pull forward and pull Rong Chen and Shu Wan off their horses.
As a result, Shu Wan's horse was frightened. She was only barely able to ride a horse and did not know how to calm a horse. Add to that the noises of the group of people, and the horse became frightened and no longer docile. It raised its head, raised its front hooves and roared, and directly threw Shu Wan off the horse.
Shu Wan was panic-stricken. If she really fell to the ground, she would be disabled if not dead. If she became paralyzed, her life would be over.
But when she fell down, she saw Rong Chen. The moment her horse was frightened, Rong Chen jumped up and reached out to grab Shu Wan.
All this seemed to take only a few seconds, but Shu Wan experienced the process from life to death and resurrection.
He put his arms around Shu Wan's waist, picked her up, and jumped to an open space not far away and put her down.
There was no time to speak or react. After putting the man down, Rong Chen tapped his toes again, then jumped back on the frightened horse, pulled the reins tightly, and forced the horse to calm down.
Rong Chen took a lot of effort to stop the frightened horse and prevent a disaster from happening. Otherwise, who knows how many people would have suffered.
The people gathered in a crowd were also stunned, not knowing how to react.
It was not until Rong Chen tamed the horse and returned to Shu Wan that they rushed over as if awakened from a dream, subconsciously thinking that Rong Chen and Shu Wan were going to run away.
"Are you okay?" Rong Chen asked Shu Wan softly.
"I'm fine!" Shu Wan shook her head. She was indeed scared just now, but the moment Rong Chen rescued her, she was no longer afraid. If she was still afraid, it was because she was afraid that the horse had hurt someone.
As he was speaking, the people had already gathered around him.
"City Lord, let us out, we want to go out, we don't want to stay here and wait to die!"
The onlookers echoed loudly, as if they would never give up unless Rong Chen let them leave Songyang County.
Rong Chen has always been a man not good at speaking. He wanted to tell everyone that when he came, nothing would happen to these people, but he was very resistant in his heart.
I feel that saying this is completely useless and troublesome. It would be much more convenient to just go and do something to save people.
So, Rong Chen really didn’t want to and didn’t know how to explain.
(End of this chapter)
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