The beauty of the peasant girl of crossing

Chapter 391 The Plague
Shen Furong let out a grin, and took another look at this red-clothed, black-haired man with a flamboyant face.

On the handsome face with clear lines, the eyebrows slanted into the temples, and there was a pair of narrow and passionate phoenix eyes, with slender eyelashes, and a sexy lip under the high bridge of the nose...

It looks like the grass of her school when she was in school.

She couldn't help but miss the past.

But nostalgia is nostalgia. As a principled and outstanding young man, what should be resisted is still to be resisted.

"You rode your horse in the street, almost hurting people's lives and causing losses to many vendors. You should apologize to them." Shen Furong's words were calm and powerful.

"Yeah yeah……"

"This little lady is right."

……

Seeing sad gazes flying from all around, Xu Xiaoli felt a little uncomfortable being stared at, and at the same time felt his face was hot, as if he had been slapped hard.

He couldn't help but ask: "What are you doing? Haven't you heard that the military is on fire? How can an urgent report be delayed for a moment?"

Before he finished speaking, Xu Xiaoli, who had already walked to the horse, reached out to get the package tied to the horse.

He brushed off the dust on the package, unwrapped it, revealing a snow-white fox-fur cloak inside, shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity."

Then he took out the bamboo tube that conveyed the letter, gathered the package together, threw it on the ground together with the fox-fur cloak, and lit it with a torch.

His actions aroused the curiosity of many people around him, and they all talked about it:

"Master Xu, what are you doing?"

"Yes, such a beautiful fox fur will burn as soon as it is burned."

"It's ridiculous for him to talk about important military matters like a dude..."

Xu Xiaoli seemed to have heard what everyone said, and when he opened his eyes, the light in them suddenly became sharp.

Suddenly, there was silence all around, and there was no sound.

Xu Xiaoli snorted softly, turned around and left.

He turned around and took a few steps, stopped and turned around, turned his head and gave everyone a sideways look:
"The area around Huainan Town is currently plagued by plague, you'd better not go there!"

The words overflowing from the thin lips are cold and severe.

boom!
It was like a drop of water falling into a frying pan, not only caused the group of people to discuss, but even Shen Furong and Shiyue's eyes widened.

Is there a plague?

Shen Furong's heart skipped a beat. She knew that there were many eras in history where droughts, locust plagues, and plagues were prevalent. Could it be that even the prosperous Dayan couldn't escape the fate of being harassed?

"Is there really a plague in Huainan Town?"

Everyone was shocked, with "How is this possible?" written all over their faces. Some people covered their mouths and noses with handkerchiefs.

Huainan Town is a small county near Qingzhou Fucheng, and it is only three to four hundred kilometers away from here. It is not close, but it is not far.

"There's a plague there now? But why didn't there even be any news before that?"

"Yeah, the plague is a big deal, so don't talk nonsense."

"I'm afraid Mr. Xu didn't deliberately show off to scare us!"

"I think so. Plague usually only occurs in years of famine, or in places of war. Now that the people in Qingzhou are living, how can there be a plague for no reason?"

……

Amidst the discussion among the crowd, Li Yeyu frowned, and hurried forward, with a dazed expression on his face, and he couldn't believe it:

"Madam, it's getting dark, let's go back home first!"

Shen Furong nodded: "Well, let's go back first."

Zhou's father opened many charitable halls, schools, and medical centers in Qingzhou and surrounding towns and counties, and also treated some beggars and poor and helpless people.Lord Zhou is also a seventh-rank official under the supervision of the magistrate. If there is really a plague, they will definitely know.

……

Qingzhou government office.

The prefect Xu Shoude urgently convened the officials of various houses to discuss matters, and the matter discussed was naturally the terrible plague at the moment.

Prefect Xu put down the letter box in his hand, frowned, and kept silent, everyone could sense the unhappiness in his heart.

After a while, Xu Zhifu's eyes were full of solemnity, and he said in a deep voice: "Okay, now everyone is here, Li'er, please tell everyone what you saw first."

"Yes!"

Xu Xiaoli nodded, and the crowd came out:

"I was ordered by my father to go out, and when I came back, I passed by Huainan Town, which is now terrifying and gloomy, like eighteen levels of purgatory..."

"...a stench can be smelled from a long distance away. Where can I still smell the faint fragrance of ink in the past?"

"It's clearly the autumn harvest season, but the trees at the door don't even have a leaf, and the dry branches are covered with strips of white cloth that flutter in the wind."

"The huge city is empty, there is no living person to be seen, and the ground is full of corpses. A few carrion birds landed on it, accompanied by the desolate crows echoing."

"It is said that only a dozen people were infected at the beginning, and then hundreds of people were infected, and then thousands of people..."

As Xu Xiaoli spoke, his voice became softer and more mournful:
"The county magistrate of Huainan Town has ordered people to guard the entire county, prohibiting people from traveling, and asked me to bring a letter to Qingzhou Prefecture for help."

The more everyone listened, the more they felt the cold sweat on their backs.

plague?How did the plague happen?
Huainan Town is on the edge of Qingzhou Prefecture. If the plague really breaks out, it may endanger Qingzhou.

Moreover, the current imperial court would never allow such a thing to happen, so for the imperial court, the most effective way is to seal the entire Huainan town.

But if it is really a plague, Huainan Town will be abandoned if it is sealed off, and all the residents in Huainan Town will not end well.

"What do you guys think about this matter?"

Prefect Xu sat at the desk with a serious expression on his face. Although he had been in the officialdom for so many years, he had never dealt with the plague after all.

In fact, even with so many officials in the Great Yan Dynasty, few of them had dealt with the plague.

"My lord," the head of the punishment room Wei came out, "I believe that in this special period, the people who are infected with the disease should be directly buried alive and burned. I believe that the plague can be brought under control in just a few days. gone."

Master Zhou Xueyuan swallowed his saliva when he heard this, and blurted out: "Isn't this...too cruel?"

"Zhou Shutang, how can a woman be kind to someone who achieves great things?"

Director Wei didn't take it seriously, and raised his head to look at Master Zhou Zhou, "There is no one who is immortal in the plague, and those who are infected are also dying!"

Prefect Xu nodded in agreement, this is indeed the best way to deal with it at this time.

"Father, the child is different." Seeing Master Zhou opened his mouth and did not dare to argue again, Xu Xiaoli stood up.

"Oh? What's the difference between Li'er?" Xu Zhifu asked.

Xu Xiaoli looked at the crowd and said:

"People are panicked by the plague. In just a few days, how many people have died. I have seen countless families die with my own eyes. The people are miserable!"

"The way to be an official is to solve the difficulties of the people and seek the benefits of the people's livelihood. You can't just sit and talk about it. You must take more detailed and more warm-hearted measures. Blindly suppressing the people without thinking about the people will not make the people feel cold."

"If, according to Master Wei's words, directly burying the infected people alive and burning them on fire is against the law of heaven and justice, and I am afraid that they will end up with a reputation of cruelty and inhumanity. Father, please think twice!"

(End of this chapter)