The world is heavy and late

Chapter 293 Chaos
Before Xu Zhong reached the gate of the city, he was chased by the soldiers behind him and said, "My lord, my lord, the restricted area has been breached, and the people have all come out of it, and there are also sick soldiers."

He couldn't finish his words, and his face was already pale. This time, the epidemic really came in Xuzhou.

Xu Zhong swiped his head back, the people around had never seen him with such sharp and sinister eyes, Xu Zhong said: "Lord Chang Shi, lead people to continue the siege ten miles outside the restricted area, and kill those who escaped forcibly!"

The last three words were said so clearly that everyone around was stunned. It's not that Governor Xu has never seen such an order, and it's not that he hasn't been in Shen Changfeng's barracks before, but for the people suffering from the epidemic, he has some hesitate.

Before they finished speaking, there was a voice in the distance: "Drive."

A group of people watched, and a person ran from a distance from the surrounding torches, just sitting swaying, and he couldn't even pull the rein, Xu Zhong sat upright and looked at the person with a frown.

Xia Qing glanced at the horse that he couldn't control, then at the crowd in the street next to him, and shouted at Xu Zhong who was in the distance: "Someone help."

Xu Zhong hurriedly turned around, but he was still a step too late.

Xuzhou Shanwu, someone reacted and stretched out his hand to hold the horse's rein for Xia Qing. Not all the horses in the Governor's Mansion were wild and unruly, and they stopped quickly.

He dismounted with trembling legs, but before Xia Qing could speak, Xu Zhong had already said, "You don't want to die, do you?"

Xu Zhong, who seldom lost his composure, and Xu Zhong, who seldom got angry, lost his former composure under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Xia Qing pursed her lips, not knowing why she wanted to cry, but she still suppressed the turbulent heat in her eyes, took out something and pointed at the hesitant long history: "Do as Master Xu ordered, don't hurry up !"

When everyone saw the token in Xia Qing's hand, they clasped their fists without saluting, leaving some people behind and hurried back to deal with another mess.

Xuzhou is doomed to sleepless tonight, there are shouts everywhere, from the people, from the city gate soldiers, all kinds of voices are mixed together, this city that has not been alive for a long time is no longer the usual tranquility at this time, it is a real storm.

Xu Zhong was genuinely angry, and Xia Qing was genuinely about to cry, but both of them were people who could control it, not to mention the defenders behind them were almost unable to hold back.

Xu Zhong turned around on his horse and rushed towards the crowd, as if he was still angry, and he didn't care about the people who kept pushing outside.

But seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages is an instinct. Xu Zhong walked into this encirclement almost as soon as he hit his horse. At this time, there was no so-called encirclement at the gate of the city anymore. Soldiers.

These people had scars on their faces and hands, and their eyes were a little red when they looked at Mr. Xu, but the knife was tightly held by one hand and stuck to the back of their waist, neither allowing anyone to move it, nor pulling it out themselves.

Xu Zhong scanned them one by one, and the ink color in his eyes became more and more intense.

In front of these people, he pulled the rein again and turned around. The horses hoofed uncomfortably, and the crowd became a little quieter, leaving a small space, and no one wanted to be squeezed under the hooves of the horses.

Xu Zhong looked at the crowd and said nothing, one person and one horse, and the guards behind couldn't squeeze into the crowd, but the voice gradually became quieter, and there were not many crying and begging.

Xu Zhong was very thin, and he is still like this now, but his eyes can scare away many people, they are too cruel, too cold, and too gloomy.

These people have never met.

Someone in the crowd couldn't bear the anxiety, gritted his teeth and said, "My lord, let us go out, we are not infected."

"Everyone, rush, you can survive if you rush out!"

Seeing that the chaos was about to resume, Xu Zhongyang said in a loud voice: "In less than three days, the imperial physician and even the best doctors in the capital will come to Xuzhou. Where else do you want to go?"

"No one came at all."

Xu Zhong glanced over and saw a person backing away quietly with his neck curled up. He squinted his eyes and said, "Your Majesty will not abandon a city at will."

"I know what some of you have heard, and maybe no one has told you before, so let me do it."

"Xuzhou has a epidemic. Everyone has heard of such things. If one of you goes out, there may be hundreds of people and a thousand people in the future. That's why the city will be closed. But do you think that the epidemic can be solved by closing the city? No. Yes, only when all of you get better and the epidemic disappears completely, can this result be eliminated."

"We didn't keep you in the city because we wanted you to die, but because we wanted you to receive better medical treatment, so that everyone in the world would be safe."

"Or, let me explain a little more clearly."

"Do you think that the whole world doesn't know about the news of the epidemic in Xuzhou? Do you think you can go anywhere after you leave the city gate? Those rich people, officials and eunuchs may be able to accept them. After you go, there will really be people who are willing to let you go. Are you going to town?"

"Even if you go out tonight, regardless of the life and death of the whole world, it doesn't matter if one or two of you are fine, the whole world knows that Xuzhou people spread the epidemic, and anyone who comes from Xuzhou in the future will become a street rat. You go out to find a place to live and you don’t have a place to live, so what can you do? You’ll just wander around for a few days and die in a foreign land.”

There is nothing for the world to consider. These people don't understand it, and they don't feel much if they understand it. These things are too big.

But once their own interests are involved, many people start to hesitate, and some people who just hold the idea of ​​giving it a try gradually want to back off.

Someone in the crowd gritted his silver teeth, squatted behind Weiwei and continued to shout: "You lied, many people have died in Xuzhou now."

Someone received the news and went down: "Yes, there is no food and no medicine, are you just sitting around waiting to die?"

"Everyone rushed out to fight for their lives, these dog officials don't treat us as human beings."

"Everyone, don't listen to his nonsense."

Xia Qing, who was standing behind the crowd, squinted his eyes and looked at those people, his face was covered with frost, and he walked a few steps forward quietly.

Xu Zhong had already turned around and took out the goalkeeper's knife and held it in his hand.

The agitated crowd just now became even more agitated, and felt that what this person said was true. You see, all the officials started to use knives.

In the final analysis, they have been here for so long because they have not seen anyone draw their swords. These people are people who were transferred by Governor Xu to look at the city gate today. They don't understand many things, so they can only stick to the military order.

But when Xu Zhong drew his knife, it was as if he had committed public outrage.

Everyone scolded and scolded, but subconsciously dodged while waiting for Xu Zhong to come forward with a knife.

The speed of Xu Zhong's swinging the knife was not slow, the blood spattered on the spot, the first person who had just made a provocative voice just now was lying down, and there was a long strip of blood from Xu Zhong's waist to his clothes.

The whole audience seemed to lose their voice, and then there was a sudden sound in a moment, and the scene seemed to be even more chaotic.

Xu Zhong spoke loudly, his voice was a little bit thin, like a cold needle piercing the hearts of everyone.

"The imperial physician will arrive in three days. Anyone who forcibly breaks into the city tonight will be executed! Anyone who confuses the hearts of the people will be executed!"

Xu Zhong couldn't hear the mixed voices. He hadn't killed anyone himself for a long time, but when he smelled the blood, Xu Zhong realized that no matter how many years passed, he didn't like it.

He didn't think about doing it from the beginning, saying that Zhan was more like giving Chang Shi a death order, and he must control the group of people. What he prepared at the beginning was to stabilize the hearts of the people.

It cannot be said that he was unsuccessful. After all, he had swayed the masses several times, but he couldn't resist the intentions of some people, and these people even thought that they had already reached the gate of the city, so they might as well try to come back if it didn't work.

Almost the moment Xu Zhong realized this, his heart sank. He was not afraid that the common people would not see some things, because they could be taught.

But he is afraid of these people who do not listen to persuasion, people who willfully indulge their own selfishness.

Thus letting go of one's malice, selfishness and indifference.

Just like at this moment, they know what might happen if they go out of the city, and they won't get medical treatment, but they don't care, they have a fluke mentality, and they don't care how many people are working hard for the peace of the world.

Perhaps in this effort, there are their former parents, grandparents, and even their current brothers.

They're just unbalanced, why would someone just take advantage of the gap before.

They were just lucky, maybe they could find a doctor and live.

They are just dissatisfied, why only Xuzhou was affected.

Human nature cannot be tested, let alone in the face of disaster.

Xu Zhong didn't regret when he took the knife. If the persuasion couldn't control the situation for a short time, he didn't mind using strong tactics.

He hated these people who hid behind their backs to instigate the hearts of the people and caused chaos.

(End of this chapter)