After hearing this, Nie Jia kept a cold face, walked around Ji Jiarong without saying a word, and strode quickly towards the wounded barracks.
All the generals hurriedly persuaded them to stop, the epidemic was sudden and violent, how could the king go to such a place, what should happen in case of any accident!
Nie Jia didn't listen at all, his clothes were in the wind, striding forward, and Shi Chen didn't stop him from entering the wounded barracks with him.
The generals couldn't help but follow closely behind.
Eight hundred and twenty-three people, with mild or severe illnesses, were all isolated together. As soon as Nie Jia entered, he saw soldiers lying all over the ground. Those with milder symptoms were just sitting blankly with pale faces, while those with severe symptoms had bloodshot eyes and bleeding from the mouth and nose. It was indeed not a sign of longevity.
The king came, and the soldiers who were still conscious stood up and knelt down to salute with difficulty. Nie Jia didn't stop him, but glanced around angrily, and found that General Zuo, under Ji Jiarong's command, was also infected with the plague.
"Get up and answer." Nie Jia volleyed on General Zuo with his fingertips.
After getting up, General Zuo took two steps back, covered his face and coughed and said, "Unfortunately, my minister got sick, please don't get close to my minister, and leave here earlier. The king's dragon body is important, so don't let us poor lives drag you down." gone."
The soldiers who could still get up also felt hopeless and begged the king to leave.
"Shut up!" Nie Jia's eyebrows remained sullen, and he asked General Zuo, "When did you get infected?"
"About four or five days ago, Wei Chen had a bad cough early in the morning. The military doctor came to see him and found out." General Zuo hid his face behind his sleeves, lowered his head and said respectfully.
Four or five days ago... Jun Changyue just came to Daying at that time!
Nie Jia breathed sparks, but after thinking about it, he felt that something was wrong. Just now General Yunhui also said that because the army didn't know about the plague, only that the king killed more than a hundred patients when he first came to Triumph City , So when the symptoms first appeared, these soldiers never thought that they were infected with the plague, and they all kept it from each other, but they just didn't want to be killed by the king. Little did he know that the king killed people earlier because those people were helpless, but what really killed people was the ferocious epidemic.
If the plague was related to Jun Changyue, four or five days would be too fast from infection to onset to death.
At this time, two Xuanjia entered the wounded barracks, knelt on one knee and said: "My lord, the source of the epidemic has been found."
Nie Jia said indifferently: "Say."
Xuan Jia said with serious eyes: "Before you ordered the killing of one hundred and seven plague-infected soldiers in Triumph City, Du Yuxian, the left vanguard at that time, blocked the news for fear that the plague would cause cholera in the army. I don’t know anything. Moreover, burning corpses and dissolving smoke is considered a taboo in Yan State, and there will be no peace for living souls. Therefore, when the corpses were transported out of the city and burned, one of the soldiers’ former friends stole the corpses and buried them quietly in the On the hillside in the lower reaches of the Qilin River, and since the weather gets hot, soldiers often go down to the Qilin River to get cool."
"Where's the person?" Shi Chen held Nie Jia's clenched fists.
Xuanjia escorted two pale-faced soldiers up, and the two soldiers thumped and knelt down on the ground, begging for mercy desperately, "My lord, spare me! I don't know that Kang Zi died because of the plague. If I knew, I would eat the heart of a bear and the guts of a leopard." Don’t dare to steal the corpse, let alone bury it near a water source!”
At this time, the first officer said angrily: "You still dare to ask the king for forgiveness? Look up and look at these 823 innocent soldiers, how dare you beg for mercy!"
The two soldiers stopped talking immediately, lay on the ground and shrugged their shoulders, tears streaming down their faces.
And the other soldiers also realized at this time that the reason why the king killed people as soon as he entered Triumph City was to put an end to the plague and fundamentally saved the entire Triumph City... But at that time, they all complained about the viciousness of the king, and secretly called him an addict. A bloody tyrant, until he led his troops to successive small victories and even captured the prince of Qi alive, they gradually forgot about it.
But in fact, this is the king of the Yan Kingdom, even if he has no military merits, can the common people like them slander him at will! For the past half month, everyone has praised him as the soul of the Yan Kingdom and the belief of the soldiers, and that's how they slandered their belief.
At this time, even the sick soldiers were so guilty that they had no mood to investigate the source of the epidemic, and even knelt down in large numbers to beg the king to kill these sick soldiers, so as to avoid future troubles!
This scene was really touching. The generals had tears in their eyes, and they turned their backs and couldn't bear to watch it again.
But Nie Jia ruthlessly waved his sleeves and scolded: "Shut up, don't bother me!"
The soldiers fell silent and were still kneeling. Some cried bitterly and some made gestures to kill themselves with knives. Fortunately, they were stopped by the people around them.
Nie Jia's head was getting bigger, and he pointed at Ji Jiarong impetuously, "Send someone to watch them, don't tell them to seek death at every turn, this king has a way to deal with it."
Everyone was stunned, and Ji Jiarong responded with a blank expression.
Xuan Jia came to communicate, and King Jing had been brought back by General Yun Hui.
As soon as Nie Jia heard this, he and Shi Chen left the wounded barracks. On the way back to the king's tent, they happened to meet Jun Zhangyue who was going to the wounded barracks. General Hui said: "Prepare a jar of water in the wounded barracks. It will be larger and can hold 823 bowls."
After speaking, he left directly.
General Yunhui replied blankly, and after sending Jun Changyue to the king's tent, he went to prepare.
"I heard that the situation is very dangerous. Brother Wang won't let my younger brother go and have a look?" Jun Zhangyue was worried, but on the surface he pretended to be very calm, "My younger brother is absolutely sure about this plague."
Nie Jia still didn't speak, just paced back and forth in the king's tent with his hands behind his back, very calm. Only Shi Chen knew that he was adjusting his emotions, otherwise he would be in a hurry, and Jun Zhangyue would be pulled up and smoked if he opened his mouth.
Seeing that he was silent, Jun Zhangyue wanted to say something more, but Shi Chen looked at him and said coldly, "Shut up."
Jun Zhangyue blushed with embarrassment, and said nothing.
It took a long time before Nie Jia regained his strength, turned around and looked at Jun Zhangyue's elegant appearance, and smiled coldly: "Jun Changyue, have you been sure for a long time, and waited until now for me to beg you? I Let me ask you, did you take a risky move, you brought the plague, what do you want from me?"
Jun Zhangyue's face changed, and he knelt down straight, "Brother Wang, I dare not bear such a serious crime. If Brother Wang must slander my brother, then I have no choice but to prove my innocence by dying."
"You're used to threatening me with your own life. Why, do you think I really cherish your life?" Nie Jia pulled out the knife from Shi Chen's waist, and threw it in front of Jun Zhangyue with a malicious smile , "I'll give you a chance today, don't you want to seek death, stab it."
Jun Zhangyue bit his lower lip, and said stubbornly: "Brother Wang wants the younger brother to die, and the younger brother dare not refuse, but I beg the younger brother to let the younger brother go to see the wounded soldiers suffering from the plague, and the younger brother doesn't want to die." Many innocent people died, right?"
This hint was enough for Nie Jia to be sure that the violent outbreak of the plague was due to Jun Changyue's tricks.
The corpses buried by the Qilin River were brought out from Triumph City. The virus spreading in Triumph City is far less active than in Danyang County. The soldiers in the Wounded Barracks were indeed infected with the plague at the beginning, but to reach the level it is today , it will take at least a month. As for Danyang County, ten days is enough.
Jun Zhangyue fanned the weak flames into a fire dragon. I'm afraid he would be shocked if he went to the wounded barracks. This epidemic is more severe than Danyang County, and even if there is a cure, it will be too late.
Nie Jia smiled coldly: "Do you think I care about the lives of 800 people? If you die, you will die. If you are one more, I can kill another 176 people to round up."
Jun Zhangyue didn't think that his brother Wang, who disregarded life, would be joking with him, and his face turned pale with fright, and he became a little panicked, "But, if you really killed them, wouldn't you be afraid of chilling the hearts of the soldiers? There is a plague in the army, you Is it useful to kill people infected with the plague? Under the turmoil of the army, if Zhao Wushang attacks the city, it will be a disaster!"
"It's not your turn to worry about these things." Nie Jia didn't follow his words at all. He grabbed Jun Zhangyue by the neckline and lifted him from the ground, gently resting the blade on Jun Changyue. Yue's neck, "You just die, and there are nine hundred and ninety-nine people who will be buried with you. Keeping you on Huangquan Road will be very beautiful."
Jun Zhangyue's expression completely changed, feeling the coolness on the blade, the corners of his eyes were moist.
The sneer on Nie Jia's lips dissipated, and he threw Jun Zhangyue away, glaring at him and said, "I know why you did this. You want to use this to blackmail me into asking for the prescription that can renew the pulse? You're right about Sikong Han He is so infatuated, he has always advertised himself as a doctor with a benevolent heart, but because of Sikong Han's one hand, he killed more than 800 people!"
Jun Zhangyue looked at him coldly: "You, how do you know him..."
"Not only do I know that Du Yuxian is Sikong Han, but I also know that Sikong Han is no longer in the army and has fled to Zhuolu. Die in Triumph City or by Zhao Wushang's butcher's knife."
His tone was calm, but Jun Zhangyue's hairs stood on end, his eyes were terrified as if he had seen a ghost, "You knew it a long time ago? That's why you targeted him everywhere and even crippled his hand!"
"That's right, I knew it from the beginning." Nie Jia smiled, "I didn't kill Sikong Han because I don't need me to do it myself, and I didn't kill you because I believed you could cure the plague." , You don’t know how to cherish the only value you have left with me, idiot.”
Jun Zhangyue looked back again, and they actually stepped into the deep pool step by step without realizing it!
"Are you... a human or a ghost..." Jun Zhangyue was terrified. The hope he had built before was completely crushed by him at this moment. He never thought that even the fall of Zhuolu City was within his calculations. Dare to take all kinds of dangerous moves... Is he really human!
At this moment, General Yun Hui entered the tent and said, "My lord, the water is ready."
Nie Jia kicked Jun Changyue on the shoulder, and Jun Changyue screamed and lay down at General Yunhui's feet.
"Take him away." He was about to go back to the wounded barracks, when he suddenly remembered something, turned his head suddenly and almost collided with Shi Chen behind him. He hesitated and said: "Shi Chen, don't go, you wait for me here, I will be back soon."
Shi Chen frowned, but said nothing, nodded in response, and stood in front of the tent watching Nie Jia's figure go away.
The wounded barracks still had the miserable atmosphere, the generals were still there, and the king returned with His Highness King Jing, which made many people feel hopeful.
"Zhi, even if you can cure one, I'll save your life." Nie Jia ordered Jun Zhangyue who was stunned.
There were constant coughs in the wounded barracks, but Jun Zhangyue just stared blankly, with a bang in his head full of shock and despair.
How could it be so serious! This is impossible, obviously it will take another four or five days to reach this level...