As Wei Wangqing passed along this road near Jiangcheng, he saw the local people in a state of panic, coming and going in a hurry.
Wu Changming was indeed very honest and didn't do anything unusual. Besides, as he said, he really liked saving people and would help the people he passed by whenever he could.
Wei Wangqing felt that if this wasn't an act, he had saved a great philanthropist!
Outside Jiangcheng city, troops are stationed and guarding the area. Entry and exit are prohibited.
"Please show your token." Although Wei Wangqing's group was clearly not ordinary people, not to mention they had soldiers with them, the guards were still performing their duties, but their tone was not as cold.
Upon seeing the token, all the guards knelt down.
Wei Wangqing instructed everyone to tie the wide strips of cloth they had prepared to their faces.
All the troops entered the city.
Hearsay can never be as impactful as seeing it with your own eyes.
This city is now far from the prosperous and once top-tier metropolis it once was.
It was as silent as a dead city.
Scattered items and shelves were everywhere along the roadside and street, and traces of blood could still be faintly seen.
There was almost no one on the street.
It's almost because there were a few people lying scattered on the ground, their condition unclear—whether they were alive or dead.
Seeing this scene, Wei Wangqing felt as if his heart was being gripped by a hand, making it hard to breathe.
However, she didn't allow her subordinates to touch those people. After all, she still remembered the lesson from last time. There was a difference between close and distant relatives, and she didn't want to see her people become like that.
Wei Wangqing decided to go to the city lord's mansion first.
The city lord had already received news that the imperial court would send the sixth princess to provide assistance, but she did not think that a pampered princess could help her in any way, so she did not care much.
Therefore, she had no idea that the sixth princess would arrive so quickly. Which royal child wasn't delicate and tender? How could they endure the hardship of a long journey? They would have to travel by sedan chair as if sightseeing.
Therefore, when Wei Wangqing arrived at the city lord's mansion, he saw the city lord indulging in lavish feasts and a life of extravagance.
Especially when compared to the horrific scene outside, it is particularly jarring.
Wei Wangqing immediately sneered, "Lord City Lord, you have quite the airs of an official!"
The city lord quickly rose and bowed, "Greetings, Sixth Princess."
"How dare I? How dare I! It's all because these servants are blind. They didn't even inform His Highness before he arrived." He glared at the person who led Wei Wangqing the way.
"It was because I didn't let her report. I wanted to see how the city lord was managing Jiangcheng during this plague, and I wanted to see a magistrate who was concerned about the country and its people and deeply felt their suffering. I didn't expect..." He shook his head after saying that.
The city lord panicked a little. He knew that the sixth princess had indeed seen him like this. If she went back and impeached him, he would not only lose his official position, but he might also lose his life.
But thinking of the person behind him, he mustered his courage and said, "Your Highness, this..."
"I never expected you to understand me so well, my lord. Hurry up and serve the food. I'm exhausted from traveling all this time. It's all my mother's fault for making me travel day and night to get here and rescue those lowly people."
Upon hearing this, the city lord thought, "Ha, he really fooled her just now. He's just a paper tiger, or maybe just a cat that only knows how to indulge in pleasure."
"Yes, yes, yes, I will order someone to do it right away."
Wei Wangqing took the seat that the city lord had just occupied, displaying the airs of an arrogant royal prince.
The people Wei Wangqing brought were all settled in the mansion, leaving only Li Nuo following behind.
Soon someone cleared the table and replaced it with a new table full of delicacies.
While eating, Wei Wangqing said, "Lord He, what's going on with the epidemic in Jiangcheng?"
"This... I don't know either. Just over a month ago, several people suddenly died under mysterious circumstances. Later, the number of deaths increased rapidly, and eventually the entire city fell."
"Didn't you investigate, sir?" Wei Wangqing asked casually.
The city lord was taken aback. "We investigated, of course we investigated, but we couldn't find the cause."
Wei Wangqing remained noncommittal on this matter, saying he dared not comment on the current state of the epidemic, but this city lord, ha! He could not atone for his sins even with ten thousand deaths!
Where did the pandemic first begin?
The city lord immediately became alert. Why was the sixth princess asking this?
Wei Wangqing had no choice but to say again, "Since the Empress sent me here, I have to at least put on a show."
The city lord expressed his understanding, after all, he was always like that too, "in the east of the city."
At this moment, someone came in to report, "Your Highness, Wu Changming insists on going out. I couldn't stop him, so I had to send someone to follow him."
Wei Wangqing frowned and simply made an excuse to leave, not wanting to continue the pretense with this city lord.
"I will go and take a look."
I thought I'd go check out the city lord's mansion since I was new here and didn't know much about the situation. But the city lord turned out to be this kind of person; I couldn't get any more information out of her. I figured I might as well go out and see for myself.
"Respectfully seeing off Your Highness."
After seeing off the sixth princess, the city lord's expression changed immediately, and he ordered the man who had led the way to be executed.
"Have you cleaned up the tail?"
"Yes, sir. Please rest assured, the Sixth Princess will definitely not be able to trace it back to us."
Wei Wangqing didn't go looking for Wu Changming after leaving the house. He only instructed his men to keep a close watch on him and not to lose him, and to report back immediately if anything happened.
"Go to the east of the city."
Wei Wangqing took Li Nuo and four other people with him and headed east of the city.
Looking at the scene around him, Wei Wangqing had gone from feeling reluctant to being there to feeling numb. Indeed, it must be said that humans are creatures with extremely strong adaptability.
The eastern part of the city is where ordinary people live.
Wei Wangqing asked the girls to knock on a few doors and ask about the situation.
But most of the time, no one answers or opens the door.
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