The group rode at full speed to the Northern Desert. Zi'an had to admire the Night King. The horses he found were indeed good horses. Although it was a bit exaggerated, but traveling hundreds of miles a day was simply amazing!
It took two days to reach Beimo. Because we didn't take the official road and took a shortcut, we were faster than we had estimated.
This shortcut was taken by Murong Jie. Prince Qi's face turned green because he himself didn't know about this shortcut.
It seems that the Regent is much more familiar with the terrain of the two countries than he is. If he is hostile to him, he will be a strong enemy, an invincible enemy.
Entering the territory of Beimo, Zi'an saw broken mountains and collapsed houses. This should be the hardest hit area by the earthquake. Fortunately, it did not affect the territory of Da Zhou at all.
However, when we were resting on the way here, we asked some people in the border town, and they said that when the earthquake happened, the border town also felt the tremors, which were also very strong, but there were no casualties.
When Prince Qi heard this, he said to Beimo's guards, "This is really God's punishment for Beimo."
Regardless of whether it is a punishment or not, Beimo’s ambition to attack was cut short by the natural disaster this time. It is unclear whether it is a blessing or a curse.
Because, if this war breaks out, the number of casualties will definitely not be less than that caused by natural disasters, and may even be more.
But no one wants to see any of these situations. Zian is an agent in a peaceful era, but he has also seen the artillery fire of third world countries and knows how cruel war is.
She hoped that she could really quell this plague and thus quell this war.
When they entered the Northern Desert, they slowed down their pace. All they saw along the way was wailing everywhere. Dead bodies were rotting on the roadside, and there was no time to clean them up. Mosquitoes and flies were biting the bodies. The weather was gradually getting warmer, and these mosquitoes and flies were the means of spreading the disease.
The hardest-hit area was Qicheng, a hundred miles away from the capital of Beimo. The city was named Qicheng because it housed Tiezhongku, the largest weapons manufacturing factory in Beimo.
Tiezhongku was opened by the royal family. Many people from Qicheng worked here. Tiezhongku was very large, occupying half of Qicheng. It was once glorious and glorious, but now it is filled with broken walls, broken bricks and tiles, which is indescribably desolate and tragic.
It was just dusk when they entered Qicheng. The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the Tiezhong warehouse, but the former glory was nowhere to be found. Officials and soldiers were rescuing the warehouse, moving it brick by brick and clearing the bodies underneath.
It has been a month since the earthquake, and there is no sign of life anymore, but because of the pandemic, it is impossible to start cleanup and reconstruction work quickly.
Moreover, because of the war with the Great Zhou, the imperial court sent a large number of troops, and there was a lack of manpower for rescue, and the corpses could not be cleaned up in time, which caused the plague.
So, Prince Qi said that God would punish Beimo, but in fact, it was not true. Those who were punishing Beimo were the warmongers in Beimo.
If there had not been this war, this large-scale plague might not have occurred in the Northern Desert.
The rescued people are now temporarily settled in the Daping Valley outside Qicheng. Many tents have been set up there, and the stench can be smelled before the horses even arrive there.
As the horse moved forward, Zian saw a heartbreaking scene.
The people who had lost their homes and loved ones sat in front of the makeshift tent in a daze. Their eyes were red and swollen, as if they had never stopped crying. The officials kept carrying out corpses, and some people chased out and cried.
A woman holding her child ran desperately in their direction, crying heartbreakingly as she ran, "My child can still be saved. She doesn't have the plague. Don't take her away."
Behind her, two soldiers caught up with her and tried to snatch the child from her arms. The child was already dead, and even had a swollen and rotten face.
The soldiers took the bodies away without a word, and the women sat on the ground, wailing.
This scene makes people feel sad.
Liu Liu was the softest-hearted one. She also started crying and said to Zi'an in a nasal voice, "Zi'an, we must cure this plague."
When they came, everyone thought that the people in the Northern Desert were suffering from a plague, and they came to quell the war. If the plague could be cured, it would be cured, but if it couldn't be cured, there was nothing they could do.
However, when seeing this scene, everyone felt that war was no longer important, and there was no distinction between Beimo and Da Zhou. They just wanted to cure the plague and make everyone better.
Zi'an was also feeling very upset. She nodded and said, "We'll try our best."
Rouyao murmured, "When the zombie disease first appeared, I thought it was scary, but now it seems that compared with this epidemic, the zombie disease is really..."
She couldn't help but cry. As a doctor, she also had a compassionate heart to save people. She only hoped that she could use what she had learned to relieve the suffering of the people.
Prince Qi looked at this scene with a pale face. He shook his head gently and sighed, "Let's go."
This is just a drop in the ocean. They have encountered many such situations along the way.
Zi'an asked Prince Qi, "Have the patients with the epidemic been isolated now?"
Prince Qi said: "When I went to Da Zhou, the emperor had already ordered a quarantine, but this is a huge project and I'm afraid it can't be done in a short time. In addition, there are new cases of the epidemic every day. Now there are simply not enough people to do this."
"Why don't you call back the troops?" Zi'an asked angrily.
"Mobilize troops?" Prince Qi smiled bitterly. "No, the emperor and Empress Cao always believe that now is the best time to join forces with the Xianbei to attack the Great Zhou."
When everyone heard this, they were stunned and then became angry.
Murong Jie said coldly: "Prince Qi, it seems that you concealed a lot when you talked to me."
Prince Qi knew he was in the wrong and said, "Brother Murong, let's talk about it in detail after we get there."
Everyone was full of enthusiasm, spurred their horses and galloped away.
It was already around noon when we entered the capital of Beimo.
Because according to the route, they had not arrived yet, and there was no one to greet them at the city gate.
However, when they arrived at the border of Northern Desert, Prince Qi had already ordered his guards to ride back as fast as possible to report. Logically speaking, even if there was no large-scale reception, the emperor would have sent a few people out to show his respect.
The reality is, there is no one.
Murong Jie and others immediately felt cheated. Murong Jie tried his best to suppress his temper, but his face turned ashen.
Prince Qi remained silent. He felt guilty and this was not the place to discuss the matter in detail. He could only silently endure everyone's contempt.
After returning to Prince Qi's Mansion, Prince Qi ordered people to prepare wine and food, and then invited them into the main hall.
Murong Jie said, "Prince Qi, you better tell me the truth. If you don't explain the whole story, I won't be able to drink this wine."
Prince Qi's face was pale. He silently extended his hand and asked everyone to sit down.
He ordered his men to close the door, and then he said softly, "Brother Murong, I want to apologize to everyone. I did hide something about this matter."
Murong Jie sneered, "Will this king be deceived one day? This is karma."
This was self-deprecating, but also the truth. He was judging others by his own feelings, because he had also been a regent, in charge of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He believed that an emperor should always care about the people.
He cursed secretly in his heart, damn his eldest father's third aunt, this Northern Desert Emperor, this bastard, he really wants to start a war.
(End of this chapter)