"Why can't you say it? Are you going to waste County Magistrate He's hard work?" At this time, Shuo Ling said again.
I heard Runyu on the side also say, "Shuohou is right. Only when you are full can you have the strength to punish these corrupt officials and then have the strength to rescue the victims."
"But..." Yang Zijin wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Shuo Ling.
"Nothing but."
With that said, he took a piece of Dongpo meat and put it in Yang Zijin's eyes.
Yang Zijin had no choice but to sit down and eat the rice in the bowl.
After dinner, a maid came to lead them to the room.
"Princess Princess, I am maid Xiaoyun. I will take care of you during the time you are here. Princess Princess can ask Xiaoyun to do anything you want." Maid Xiaoyun lowered her head and said.
The maid named Xiaoyun looked about thirteen or fourteen years old, with a shy face and two maid buns, which made her look very pleasing.
At this time, Yang Zijin lay down on the bed and asked Xiaoyun, "Looking at how young you are, why did you become a maid?"
"Reporting to the princess, Xiaoyun came here for the sake of his family." Xiaoyun lowered his head and said.
Yang Zijin frowned slightly after hearing this, and then asked, "For the family?"
"After the flood, many people starved to death. Then one day I heard that the government was looking for maids, so the slaves came." Xiaoyun then replied.
You must know that in ancient times, once you became a maid, you had to sign a contract of sale, which meant that you had no way out for the rest of your life. Unless you were favored by the master, your life would be better, but you could only become a concubine.
Yang Zijin then asked, "Then your family is willing to let you come?"
"My father and mother were naturally reluctant to leave, but when the slave saw that his brother was about to starve to death, he came without telling his parents and exchanged some steamed buns and dry food so that he would not starve to death. Moreover, the slave could also use his own rations every day Save some and give them to your family." As he said this, tears fell from Xiaoyun's eyes.
This Xiaoyun is very sensible. In fact, for them at that time, this was not a bad thing, at least it could fill their stomachs.
At this time, Yang Zijin sat up from the bed and said to Xiaoyun, "You don't have to be so restrained in front of me in the future."
"I don't dare." Hearing what Yang Zijin said, Xiaoyun panicked.
Seeing Xiaoyun like this, Yang Zijin couldn't help but feel sad. It seemed that these officials were quite domineering.
Then Yang Zijin said to Xiaoyun, "Then go and prepare bath water for me. I want to clean myself well."
"Yes, Princess." After hearing this, Xiaoyun responded and walked out of the house.
Shuo Ling was brought to the room by the boy and sent the boy away.
After the boy left, Mo Li quickly closed the door.
"How is the situation going here?" Shuo Ling walked to the table and sat down.
Li Li walked to Shuo Ling and said, "Back to Lord Marquis, except for the insect eyes found on the dam, all traces were washed away by the flood. There is no clue. However, the secret guard once said that before the flood burst the embankment, it seemed that It seems that there are people from outside the Great Wall arriving here anyway."
"People outside the Great Wall." Shuo Ling repeated. It seemed that what he was worried about had happened.
Then he asked Mo Li, "Which side is the most severely affected?"
At this time, Li Li took out a map from his arms.
This map was the map of the capital. Mo Li unfolded the map and put it on the table, pointing at the map with his finger, "Master Hou, Qianxi Village was the most severely affected. Because it was very close to the dam, there were many casualties and the dead bodies could not be found in time." Buried, the plague also spread from this village first."
"Are the people infected with the plague isolated?" Shuo Ling then asked.
Mo Li shook his head and said, "There are too many people infected with the disease. The manpower here is limited. We only found some strong people to burn the dead bodies, but we still can't control the number of people every day." Die."
"I know, so what measures did the prefect here take?" Shuo Ling frowned after hearing this. You must know that the plague does not discriminate between people.
Mo Li snorted coldly, with obvious anger on his face, "The prefect here just uses the name of prefect to make people circle around the village, and doesn't care about these victims at all."
"Let the people at the bottom of the mountain be divided into five groups. Each group will first bring three stones of food and go here, here, and there. Porridge and snacks will be set up in these places. The remaining people will be responsible for isolating those who have been infected with the plague with me. Open it to avoid infecting others." Shuo Ling's eyes became colder after hearing this, and then ordered Mo Li.
After hearing this, Mo Li quickly responded, "Yes, Lord Marquis."
"Also, send this letter back to the imperial city as quickly as possible." At this time, Shuo Ling said, and then took out an urgent letter from his sleeve and handed it to Mo Li.
After Mo Li received the result, he nodded, "Yes."
With that said, he left the house.
After Mo Li left, Shuo Ling closed his eyes. The flood in Jiandu should not be underestimated this time, and there were internal and external troubles.
For now, we can only control the plague first.
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The residence of the prefect at this time.
In the garden in the backyard, the prefect Lu Pei was seen leaning on a rocking chair, with a servant fanning him behind him, and he was humming a tune leisurely.
Sitting next to him was Zhu Wen, the general magistrate of the capital, who was not as leisurely as Magistrate Lu.
This Zhu Wen was in charge of water conservancy and other aspects. Now that the incident happened, he naturally couldn't sit still.
At this time, Magistrate Lu stood up, motioned for everyone behind him to step back, and then said to Zhu Wen, "Brother Zhu, just relax. Prime Minister Lan has great power in the court. He said there is a way to solve it, and there is a way to solve it." .”
"Now that Marquis Shuo has arrived in the capital, Prime Minister Lan has not made any corresponding movements. I'm afraid..." Zhu Wen's face was full of sorrow and worry.
At this moment, Magistrate Lu comforted Zhu Wen and said, "What are you afraid of? Now we are in the same boat as Prime Minister Lan, and he dare not act rashly."
"Master Magistrate, do you think Prime Minister Lan will put all the responsibility on us people?" At this time, Zhu Wen asked Lu Pei again.
Lu Pei looked at Zhu Wen and chuckled, "Zhu Tongpan, you are thinking too much. How could Prime Minister Lan shoot himself in the foot? Besides, all the funds allocated have account books. Naturally, Prime Minister Lan No messing around.”
"Then will Prime Minister Lan kill people and silence them, destroy the corpses and eliminate all traces?" Zhu Wen told what he was worried about after hearing this.
Who would have thought that as soon as he finished speaking, he heard a voice coming from behind, "What do you think?"
After hearing this, Lu Pei and Zhu Wen both asked and turned around to look, only to see a man in black with a sword walking toward them.
"Ah... who are you? We are all imperial officials, you... you..." Magistrate Lu couldn't help but become nervous when he saw this, and even stammered when he spoke.
The man in black sneered, "If Magistrate Lu wants to know, just go down and ask the Lord of Hell."
As he spoke, the man in black walked towards Lu Pei with murderous intent. Before Lu Pei could hide, his neck was wiped and blood splattered everywhere.
Zhu Wen on the side was so frightened that his whole body was shaking, and he knelt down and begged for mercy, "My hero, have mercy on me, my hero, please have mercy on me."
"Spare my life, my life will be lost if I spare your life." The man in black said and walked straight towards Zhu Wen. With a wave of the sword in his hand, Zhu Wen fell down.
At this time, County Magistrate Nahe was rushing to take Pei away, but he never expected to see what he just saw. He was so frightened that his legs became weak and he forgot to escape for a moment.
After reacting, he dragged his heavy body and ran outside.
"Still trying to run away." The man in black who heard the noise looked towards Magistrate He, and then with a sword step, Magistrate He also fell into a pool of blood.
Then the man in black pulled these people to the stone table and asked them to lie on it, and then took out a confession from his arms.
He picked up the fingers of these people, marked them one by one, and then pressed the confession with the kettle on the table.
He took out a few daggers from his body, smeared blood on them, and asked them to hold them with their hands.
After everything was ready, the man in black quickly wiped away the blood on the rest of the area, then jumped over the wall and left.
When a young boy passed by, he noticed something was wrong here, so he walked over slowly and shouted in a low voice, "Master, Master."
When I got closer, I saw that several people had daggers in their hands and had fallen on the stone table.
The boy fainted from fright on the spot.
After Mo Li came down from the mountain, he sent these people to the designated places according to Shuo Ling's instructions and began to rescue the victims.
After giving the instructions, Shuo Ling turned around and walked towards the mountain.
"Master Marquis, everything is in order. Do you want to wait for the magistrate and the others to come over? Let's go ahead. After all, they are still familiar with this place." Mo Li entered the room and said to Shuo Ling.
At this time, Shuo Ling nodded and said, "That's fine."
After waiting for two more sticks of incense, Magistrate He had not yet come back. At this time, Shuo Ling said to Mo Li, "Go and have a look."
"Yes, Lord Marquis." With that, Mo Li left the room.
Mo Li had already known where these officials lived during the days when he first arrived in the capital. As for the county magistrate He's statement that the prefect went to rescue the victims, it was all false when he thought about it.
As soon as Mo Li walked to the gate of the prefecture, he heard crying from inside the house. Mo Li hurriedly ran inside and followed the crying. He saw the prefect Lu Pei, Magistrate He and Zhu Wensan. Everyone was lying on the table motionless.
The person lying on Lu Pei's body crying must be his wife, and the people standing around him must be his concubines, all wiping their tears with handkerchiefs.
"Master, what will you do if you leave and leave us as a family? Why did you leave us? Master, please wake up." Lu Pei's wife cried.
When Mo Li saw this, he walked forward and put his finger on their noses. They seemed to have expired.
At this time, Lu Pei's wife saw Mo Li, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and asked with a tearful voice, "Who are you? Why are you here?"
"Madam, I am a subordinate of Master Shuohou. Shuohou asked me to come and invite the prefect, but I didn't expect..." Li Li said and paused.
Because he noticed that although these people held daggers in their hands, Magistrate He was holding them in the wrong direction.
Then Mo Li walked forward and checked the wounds of the three people, and found that they were all on the neck. If an outsider saw this scene, they would think they committed suicide.
But if you look closely, you can see that the wounds on the necks of these people are of the same depth, obviously caused by external force. If they really committed suicide, the strength of these people would not have made the wounds so consistent in depth, and the wounds would not be so smooth.
He must have been killed by a master's move.