Chapter 221: The conspiracy is exposed and the consequences are self-inflicted
When the governor of Bingzhou took his shadow guard and Jie Yi to the northwest garrison overnight, Sun Chu had already left.
Passing by Lai County, he thought of the two beggars who were captured.
"Wait a moment, I need to go into town to take care of something."
After saying that, he jumped onto the horse's back, pushed hard on his toes, flew into the sealed-off Lai County.
He was not worried that the garrison commander and Zhao Chengyu would escape.
Because these people are afraid of death!
Until they are sure that they are not infected with the disease, they will be as obedient as dogs.
Lai County at this moment is not like usual. There are no pedestrians on the streets, only lights from thousands of houses.
The vegetable market is crowded and noisy.
"I heard that the plague in Dayang Town has spread to Lai County. Is it true?"
"Really! My husband was working in the government office, and he saw the guards arrest two men who were infected with the plague."
"Why did you take him to the government office? Shouldn't you just burn him to death and bury him?"
"It seems that they are worried that these two people just have common high fever and are afraid of burning the wrong people."
"As a result, the two men were actually infected with the disease, and the county magistrate immediately decided to chop off their heads and burn them in the market."
When these words came out, the people were furious.
"Why go to all that trouble? Wouldn't it be better to just take it to a mass grave and burn it?"
"That's right. If we bring them to the market and burn them, we're all at risk of getting infected, right?"
"No, the government has already dealt with those who have been infected with the disease, and the disease will not spread."
When the people were in panic, hesitating whether to stay and watch those infected with the plague being beheaded and burned.
The bailiffs came from the direction of the yamen, dragging two sacks soaked in medicine.
The sack was very heavy, leaving two long watermarks on the bluestone slab, leaving a smell of medicine.
At the entrance to the vegetable market is the execution platform, which is usually used to behead criminals.
The bailiffs threw two sacks filled with beggars onto the execution platform.
"These two are brothers from the Luo family in the west of the city. They went to Dayang Town two days ago and just came back today. They were found to be infected..."
The two beggars were labeled as two brothers who left Lai County to do business elsewhere.
The two brothers are not popular and rarely interact with others, making them the best candidates to replace the beggars' identities.
If the two of them return to Lai County in the future, just kill them to silence them!
When the people believed the identities of the two brothers, the bailiff waved his hand.
"Pour some wine and send them off for the last time."
Two yamen runners each carried a large jar of wine and poured it on the sack to help with the burning.
When the wine was finished, the bailiffs took torches to light the sacks.
At this time, Sun Chu appeared.
He kicked the torch away, ripped open the sack, and revealed two dirty faces.
"These two people are dirty and smelly, and they look like beggars. Did the officer arrest the wrong people?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the people's discussions began to rise again.
"I know the Luo brothers, but these two are not them at all!"
"How could the police arrest the wrong person? They can't possibly be unable to distinguish between beggars and ordinary people?"
"There's something wrong here! Who is this person who is speaking?"
The bailiff did not expect such a sudden change and immediately went to arrest Sun Chu.
"Where did you come from, you lunatic? Get out of here now before you get infected with the disease and infect innocent people!"
Sun Chu dodged the sword that was swung at him by the yamen runners, took the two beggars out of the sacks, and threw them into the crowd.
The people who were hit screamed and ran away as if they had gone crazy.
"The government is lying. These two people don't have the disease at all. If you don't believe me, you can wait two days to see if you will get the disease."
"You can also check whether these two beggars have ever been to Dayang Town!"
After Sun Chu finished speaking, he left the mess to the yamen runners and ran away using his lightness skills.
He jumped down from the city gate of Lai County and landed steadily on the horse's back.
He squeezed his legs against the horse's belly.
"drive!"
The Ferghana horses galloped towards Dayang Town, and the garrison followed closely with Zhao Chengyu.
As soon as the group left Lai County, they met soldiers who came to deliver a message to the county magistrate.
The soldiers were riding ordinary horses and because it was too dark they rode slowly, so much so that Sun Chu turned back before he arrived.
Although Sun Chu did not recognize the soldier, he guessed that he was from Dayang Town.
So he knocked him out and stopped him from delivering the message.
Then gallop on horseback.
The garrison commander was only concerned about whether anything would happen to himself. He ignored the soldiers who fell off their horses and followed Sun Chu closely.
Not long after, the group arrived at Dayang Town.
From afar, we could see the soldiers guarding outside the town holding torches, which was very eye-catching.
The soldier heard the sound of galloping horses and immediately turned his head to look.
The moon was blocked, and it was pitch black, so I couldn't see the scene in the distance clearly.
But they could feel the tremors beneath their feet.
It can be seen that there are many people coming on horseback!
The unknown is the most frightening thing.
The soldiers looked at each other with serious expressions, drew their bows and prepared for battle.
As the sound of horse hooves got closer, everyone became nervous.
"call out!"
I don't know who let go because he was too nervous.
The others thought it was a signal to attack and immediately shot arrows.
Arrows rained down on the group of people rushing towards them.
Sun Chu dodged it easily, but several soldiers in the garrison were accidentally injured by arrows swung by their companions.
The worst-hit was Zhao Chengyu, who was hit by arrows in the back and legs.
Before the next wave of arrows came, the garrison commander shouted: "Stop! I am Zhao Meng from the northwest garrison of Bingzhou!"
Someone recognized Zhao Meng's voice and was so scared that he immediately dropped his bow and arrow.
"It's General Zhao!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the soldiers immediately put away their bows and arrows and put them behind their backs.
When Sun Chu rode his horse up to the soldiers, he did not slow down.
The soldiers consciously made way.
"Thank you!"
The soldier saw Sun Chu's face clearly and wanted to stop him but it was too late. He watched him enter Dayang Town.
Zhao Meng knew that Dayang Town was a "poisonous city" and immediately pulled the reins.
"Whoa!"
One hundred garrison troops stopped at the entrance of Dayang Town.
The soldiers from Dayang Town saluted immediately.
"Meet General Zhao!"
Zhao Meng rode on his horse, looking down at the soldiers, and said in a loud voice, "Tell me about the current situation."
Just as the soldier was about to answer, Sun Chu's threatening voice came from the town.
"Commander, bring the eldest prince in. No more waiting after the deadline!"
Zhao Meng did not dare to gamble with the lives of the 10,000 soldiers stationed there, so he said to the kneeling soldiers, "Without my order, you are not allowed to act rashly!"
The soldiers thought that Zhao Meng's position was much higher than that of the county magistrate, so they quickly agreed.
"I obey your command!"
Zhao Meng dismounted and entered Dayang Town with the injured Zhao Chengyu and a hundred of his trusted followers.
Ye Chutang had already learned from Sun Chu how the garrison was tricked into coming to Dayang Town.
She gave a thumbs up, "You made something out of nothing, good use of it!"
After saying that, her cold gaze fell on Zhao Chengyu, who had two arrows stuck in his body.
"Someone, throw the deposed crown prince into the cellar and let him feel the severity of plague, pestilence, and smallpox!"
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