503: Infected with the plague (1 more)
When General Zhao fled back to Huainan, Cheng Qing and his party arrived at Wuhe, and they did not encounter any dangers along the way.
Wuhe was originally a small county, but now it has temporarily become a stronghold for disaster relief. There are also nobles like the fifth prince. All the troops in the nearby garrison gathered here, which is a solid and safe place.
Perhaps the refugees nearby heard the news and rushed towards Wuhe County. Now there are 20,000 or 30,000 refugees outside the county town. It is impossible for so many people to be fully placed in the county town.
According to Cheng Qing's words, the fifth prince purchased a lot of medicinal materials and transported them to Wuhe, and had to take care of the food and drink of 20,000 or 30,000 refugees. Cheng Qing carefully observed and found that the refugees outside the county were in good spirits. It seemed that the fifth prince had settled the refugees very well.
The army and refugees brought the population, and people had to eat, drink, defecate, and the goods and money were naturally circulated. The small Wuhe County became extremely prosperous in a very short period of time, with cars and horses coming in and out in an endless stream.
Before Cheng Qing could enter the city, he heard about the various regulations promulgated by the Fifth Prince to resettle refugees.
She and Yu San were waiting outside the city, "It seems that the fifth prince and the others are lucky."
I arrived in Wuhe County early, but I didn’t encounter a long scarf thief on the way.
As he was talking, a team of soldiers quickly walked to the city gate:
"But Mr. Cheng? Your Highness is waiting for Lord Cheng in the county government. You are a few days later than the agreed time."
"There is a reason for the matter, and I will explain it to you when I see Your Highness."
The entire county town was on high alert. Yu San frowned slightly. When Cheng Qing greeted the soldiers, he whispered to Gu Hongtai: "Be careful when you enter the city, it seems something is wrong."
Gu Hongtai looked question marks.
However, Yu Baihu will not joke about such things, be careful not to make mistakes.
Gu Hongtai nodded slowly.
Cheng Qing seemed to have not noticed the danger. Yu San was on guard all the way, but when he walked to the county government, there was no danger, which made Yu San wonder if he had made a mistake.
When Cheng Qing arrived at Wuhe, it was normal that he did not see the fifth prince and Cheng Zhixu. Cui Yan didn’t run to the city gate to pick up Cheng Qing at the first time... Why, after following the fifth prince for a long time, don’t you need to behave yourself in front of Cheng Qing?
Yu San just felt something was wrong.
There were not many dozens of killers ambushing the county government. Cheng Qing and Yu San met Cheng Zhixu together.
There were officials from Wuhe County and military officers lined up to report to Cheng Zhixu. Mr. Cheng's approval was one by one, and he was in power.
After waiting for two quarters of an hour, Cheng Zhixu sent away the person in front of him. He had time to talk to Cheng Qing and Yu San, and the first sentence he said was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder: "Cheng Qing, you should have arrived in Wuhe a few days ago, why did it delay?"
"Mr., the minister wanted to come as an appointment, but unexpectedly, he was surrounded by a long scarf thief halfway, which delayed a few days."
Cheng Zhixu frowned: "You have encountered a long scarf thief, so what food to provide for disaster relief..."
"The food for disaster relief is not hindered. Yu Baihu and I transported more than 70,000 stones of grain to Wuhe. It should be enough for a while to chew it. Why don't you see the fifth prince and Cui Yan?"
Cheng Qing looked around.
Cheng Zhixu asked her about the incident of the long scarf thief. Cheng Qing simply told the story of Hong County, but Cheng Zhixu didn't believe it:
"You have wiped out nearly 10,000 thieves?"
"I have some luck, Lord Master, why don't you see the fifth prince!"
Cheng Qing asked the fifth prince for the second time, and Cheng Zhixu waved his hand, and everyone else in the room retreated, leaving only Cheng Qing and Yu San.
Then Cheng Zhixu threw down a big bomb, which made Cheng Qing dizzy.
"…The Fifth Prince is infected with the epidemic?!"
"good!"
Cheng Zhixu also looked tired when he mentioned it, "Before he arrived in Wuhe County, the fifth prince had symptoms, and there were several people in the guards who were infected. The infected guards were placed on the road by us. Only His Highness and Director Cui insisted on going to Wuhe County. When they arrived in Wuhe County, they were isolated as you said. I was afraid that the situation in Wuhe was turbulent, so I concealed the news that His Highness had been infected from the outside."
Before Cheng Qing could digest the bomb that the fifth prince was infected with, he was bombed by Cheng Zhixu for the second time.
Cui Yan is also sick!
Cheng Qing's voice trembled unconsciously, "Are they still alive?"
The fifth prince will definitely receive the best treatment. The accompanying imperial doctor and the doctors brought from the capital will try their best to save the fifth prince.
Cheng Qing feels that human life has no high or low status. If you have to say that there is, it means that good people are more expensive than bad people. The only troublesome thing is that good people and bad people are not easy to distinguish between good people. Just like Cheng Qing herself, she does not think she is a "good person" in the traditional sense, but compared with the long scarf thief who robbed, burned and killed, her so-called "bad" is just a selfishness in human nature. Why can't her life be more expensive than the long scarf thief's life?
But in the Great Wei Dynasty, people's standards for judging the high and low of life were completely different from those of Cheng Qing.
The fate of the master is born more valuable than that of the slaves, the fate of the officials is more valuable than that of ordinary people, the fate of the heavenly nobles is more valuable than that of ordinary officials, and the emperor is the most noble in the world. Even if the emperor is the most foolish monarch in ancient and modern times, this fact will not be changed.
The fifth prince and Cui Yan were infected with the epidemic together. Cheng Qing's emotional balance was biased towards Cui Yan. She was afraid that all the doctors would go to save the fifth prince, so no one paid attention to Cui Yan and let Cui Yan fend for himself!
Cheng Zhixu saw through Cheng Qing's external strength and his body.
It turns out that Cheng Qing was also afraid?
What are you afraid of?
I'm afraid Cui Yan will die.
Cheng Zhixu smiled sarcastically, "You regard me as a villain who will definitely revenge you. I am afraid that Cui Yan will get along with you. The fifth prince will fall ill. Will I take the opportunity to let Cui Yan die if he lacks medical treatment or medicine?"
"Uncle Cheng is sorry, Cheng Qing is confused if he cares about him, and he has no intention of questioning his uncle."
Yu San was afraid that Cheng Qing and Cheng Zhixu would collapse, so he quickly spoke out to reconcile.
Now all Wuhe County is in the hands of Cheng Zhixu. If Cheng Zhixu turns his back on his face and refuses to recognize others, Yu San is confident that he will escape from Wuhe County, and it will be more difficult to bring Cheng Qing more.
Cheng Qing will definitely not leave the He family's grandchildren... Yu San did not call him Lord Cheng, but called Uncle Cheng. He started from his personal relationship with Cheng Gui. Cheng Zhixu's face was clear:
"It's okay to question. I am worthy of my heart in this matter. The fifth highman is a nobleman in heaven. It should be determined by the best doctors who use the best medicine. Cui Yan is just the head of the Ministry of Revenue. How can he compare with Your Highness? However, I did not deduct Cui Yan's medicine. Whether he can survive the epidemic depends entirely on God's will!"
That means Cui Yan is still alive now?
Compared with the worst news, this is good news.
Cheng Qing immediately went down: "Uncle Second, my nephew lost his composure just now. I have no doubt about my uncle's character. Although I don't know how the fifth prince and Cui Yan got infected with the epidemic, the second uncle took charge of the overall situation instead of His Highness No. 5, and he still had to worry about His Highness No. 5's condition. It's really hard!"
Cheng Qing can also say something nicely and ask for something, and now she can put her attitude very low.
Chapter completed!