"We refuse to accept this. You, the government, eat the crops we, the people, have worked so hard to grow, and you pay us a large portion of the grain tax every year. You don't value the lives of ordinary people like us. If you have the guts, kill us all."
"If you have the guts, just kill us all..."
The victims were not afraid at all and protested loudly.
They just couldn't believe that with so many of them, these people would actually dare to shoot arrows and kill them.
When Longkodo saw this scene, his brows furrowed deeply and he couldn't help but tighten the crossbow in his hand.
"Sir, what should we do now?" Longkodo's entourage saw this scene and spoke in panic.
There are at least tens of thousands of victims of this disaster, and it is impossible for them to kill them all.
Longkodo slapped her head in annoyance and said, "Haven't you heard the principle of killing a chicken to scare the monkeys?"
He doesn't believe they would dare to make trouble if a few people died.
"But there are so many victims. If the news of the murder gets back to the capital, it will have an impact on you, sir." As Longkodo's personal bodyguard, he naturally had a lot to consider.
Moreover, judging from the attitude of these disaster victims, he was afraid that even if he killed a chicken to scare the monkeys, they would not buy it. Instead, it would arouse their anger, which would be disadvantageous to them.
After all, this is not the capital, and we don’t have many people here. There are tens of thousands of victims here.
If these people attacked them regardless of their lives, they would definitely end up like the guards before them.
When Longkodo heard what he said, he also thought about the consequences of doing this.
"Be quiet," Longkodo shouted at them. "If you want to survive, you must isolate yourself as we say. You don't want your healthy family members to be infected with the plague as well."
These people simply didn't listen to Longkodo and turned a deaf ear to what he said.
Don't think they don't know that none of these officials are good people. Isolating them must be a way to kill them all.
So they firmly disagreed.
Later, they even refused to listen to what Longkodo said and kept shouting in protest.
This was what Li Yunpeng saw when he brought his men here. He quickly asked someone to inform the Fourth Prince of what was happening here.
There are a lot of disaster victims here, and it would be bad if we don’t calm them down in time.
The Fourth Master is discussing with the local folk doctors how to control the plague and how to protect those who are not infected.
When several people sat together, they all wore cotton masks.
These days, unless resting or eating, everyone must wear a cotton mask to prevent infection.
"Fourth Prince, there are many disaster victims here, and we are running out of herbs. We must quickly find a way to get more herbs."
"Doctor Wang is right. Almost half of the herbs in the major stores have been used up, and those for epidemic prevention are almost gone. If they are not replenished in time, the consequences will be disastrous." One of the doctors spoke up.
"Also, our medical skills are limited. We still need doctors with better medical skills to come here, otherwise this plague will not be controlled."
The plague spread very quickly. They had been reading medical books day and night but could not find a way to treat it. At most, some herbs could help delay the spread, but the effect was minimal.
Therefore, they really need doctors with excellent medical skills to come and help, otherwise they alone are really unable to develop an effective prescription to treat the plague.
"I'll figure out the herbal medicine issue. I've already written back to the capital. I believe they'll send a doctor over soon..."
Having said that, the yamen runner beside Li Yunpeng came over to report.
Su Peisheng was guarding outside the door. After hearing the whole story, he did not dare to delay for a moment and hurried in to report to his master.
Su Peisheng walked up to the Fourth Master and whispered to him what the yamen runner had said.
But in his heart, he was secretly cursing Lord Longkodo. He used to be very capable in doing things, but why couldn't he handle such a small matter this time?
When the Fourth Master heard Su Peisheng's words, his brows furrowed, and his thoughts were exactly the same as Su Peisheng's.
His uncle was dismissed from his post a few months ago, and his ability to do things has declined. It was only he who came up with the idea of shooting people with arrows.
The Fourth Master stood up and looked at the doctors. "Doctors, please go back and write down what you need and any suggestions you may have. Then give them to Eunuch Su who is beside me. I need to go take care of some things now."
Several doctors also stood up and nodded in agreement when they heard what the Fourth Prince said.
The Fourth Master strode out, his face not looking very good, but it couldn't be seen because he was wearing a cotton mask.
Su Peisheng also hurried to follow.
When the Fourth Master came over, the disaster-stricken area was still noisy and no one was listening to what Longkodo said.
Anyway, they just refused to quarantine, and Li Yunpeng was so anxious that he couldn't do anything about it.
It’s really hard to talk about this group of disaster victims.
Seeing that they were not listening at all, Longkodo was about to order people to shoot arrows immediately.
He was a rough man, and when he was fighting in the past, he would directly suppress those troublemakers with force.
How could those people dare to say anything? If they still refused to obey, they would be beaten into submission and see if they dared to resist.
But Longkodo did not consider that these were now disaster victims, they had lost their homes and everything, and now they were infected with the plague. If they really suppressed them by force, it would only arouse the anger in these people's hearts, and these tens of thousands of disaster victims would simply eat them alive.
Whenever Longkodo couldn't help it, his entourage would persuade him.
"What's going on?" The Fourth Master and his men quickly walked to Longkodo.
When the victims saw another person coming, they immediately stopped talking and looked at the person.
Longkodo was very angry. He snorted coldly, turned his head and said nothing. At this time, he felt extremely embarrassed.
Upon seeing this, Li Yunpeng quickly told the Fourth Master what had happened.
The Fourth Master's face was solemn, and wrinkles appeared on his exposed forehead.
The Fourth Master took a few steps forward, glanced at the guards holding bows and arrows, and shouted coldly, "Put down your bows and arrows."
"Your bows and arrows are meant to be aimed at the enemy, not at ordinary people."
When the guards heard what the Fourth Master said, they all looked at each other in surprise, and finally put down their bows and arrows at the same time.
Then he turned to the victims who had stopped arguing and said, "I understand your concerns. You simply don't believe you have the plague and are afraid that you will be infected if you stay with people who have obvious symptoms."
"I can make the decision to separate those with mild symptoms from those with severe symptoms. This is to prevent you from infecting others, and also to allow for differentiated treatment. I don't think you all want to end up with your lives hanging by a thread because you didn't get timely treatment."
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