After forcibly taking the blood of the sick and delicate prince to renew his life

Chapter 69

After another two days, Yuejue and his party finally arrived at Dongjizhou.

Although the flood in East Antarctica has receded, the area where the flood has passed has been devastated.

There were no soldiers standing guard under the city wall that was supposed to be a city barrier, and there were ragged refugees all under the city gate.

Sallow and emaciated, as thin as wood.

Some even lay on the ground with pale faces, motionless.

The victims who heard the sound of horseshoes raised their heads clumsily, staring blankly at the army that suddenly appeared with a pair of cloudy and desolate eyes.

It seemed unbelievable, but he didn't dare to act rashly.

I don't know who in the crowd shouted angrily: "Save us..."

In an instant, the victims who looked like walking corpses came back to their senses, staggered and struggled to stand up and rushed towards Yue Jue and the others.

Whispering and begging: "Officer, do me a favor and give me something to eat!"

Yue Jue stared at the filthy and hunchbacked common people, her chest seemed to be stuffed with cotton.

The accompanying guards hurried forward to stop the victims from approaching Yue Jue and the others, "Bold, this is His Royal Highness, all stand back!"

"Qiu'an, don't be rude to the common people!" Yue Jue hurriedly dismounted, waved Qiu'an back, and walked towards the victims.

Your Royal Highness?

Those down-and-out disaster victims look at me, I look at you, and you look at Yue Jue who is close at hand.

Suddenly, a cold light flashed in the crowd.

A man in ragged clothes quickly stabbed Yue Jue with a knife and shouted sharply, "Don't be fooled by him, the court has long since abandoned us. How could he be the crown prince!"

"Brother Huang, be careful!" Yuejing's voice trembled when she saw the cold tip of the knife.

"Protect Your Highness the Crown Prince!" Wei Chi was also so shocked that he lost his soul, and wanted to help but it was too late.

Yue Jue stood still, staring at the man closely, and when the tip of the knife was about to stab his heart, he suddenly pulled out the soft sword at his waist to block the man's knife.

The footsteps moved ghostly, and before the man could react, the soft sword was already on his neck.

Yue Jue looked at him in a deep voice: "Say, who sent you here? Who taught you those words?"

The man stuck his neck, "I don't understand what you're talking about, I'm just an ordinary person in East Pole, aren't those words true?"

"There was a flood in East Antarctica for more than a month. How has the imperial court opened their eyes to see us ordinary people?"

When the victims saw the sword, they were so frightened that they froze on the spot, not daring to move again.

Now being surrounded by soldiers again, I can't wait to bury my head in my chest.

"Brother Huang, are you alright?" Yue Jing hurriedly ran to Yue Jue's side, and was secretly relieved to see that he was not injured.

Yue Jue glanced sideways at him, then shook her head: "It's nothing."

"Qiu An, take him down and torture him, we must catch the person behind the scenes." Yue Jue withdrew the assassin's soft sword and ordered Qiu An.

As soon as he got under the city wall, he was assassinated before he could even enter the city.

...and I can't wait too much.

The man was held up by the soldiers, blushing and yelling with a thick neck: "Why do you arrest me! Look, big guy, this is the so-called His Royal Highness! He didn't come to save us at all, he was poked in the sore spot by me I want to kill someone!"

Every word and every sentence is all fanfare.

If it is said that he is innocent, Yue Jue will definitely not believe it.

He squinted at the terrified victims, turned his head to look at the man: "Where is the pain?"

"What's so painful about the imperial court that I need the crown prince to kill people? At the beginning of the disaster in East Antarctica, the imperial court sent the imperial envoy Zhang Yan to bring 10 taels of silver and [-] shi of grain to the disaster relief!"

"The good people, money and provisions all disappeared overnight in Dongjizhou. Tell me why?!"

Yue Jue wanted to take advantage of the situation, and he wanted to tell all the disaster victims in Dongjizhou that the imperial court had not given up on them.

The imperial envoy was missing, and he, the current prince, came in person to convey his determination to relieve the disaster.

Only by gathering the hearts of the people and consolidating the national strength can the Yueshi survive.

Yue Jue didn't talk to the man, and ordered in a deep voice: "Wei Chi, go to the city! Let the common people eat with a pot of porridge!"

"Yes, Your Highness!" Wei Chi bowed to accept the order, and waved his hand to greet the soldiers to go to work in the city.

When the victims heard the words, their gloomy eyes suddenly lit up, and they knelt down and shouted: "Thank you, Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"

The man narrowed his eyes slightly, and said bitterly: "Don't be fooled by him, big guy, who wouldn't say good things? Who knows if they are guarding against themselves! Who saw the imperial envoy he said?"

Yuejing, who was standing aside, squinted at the man and frowned slightly, and said softly, "Noisy!"

He glanced at the man's firm face, "You are quite energetic, and the flesh on your face has not disappeared after you have been shouting for a long time. How do you look like a disaster victim?"

"Look at your friends, who is not skinny?"

"I'm full, but want to cut off other people's livelihood, it's damned!"

Hearing this, Yue Jue stood aside and looked at the fierce Yue Jing, her eyes were as deep as water, and she couldn't see any emotion in her eyes.

Said softly: "Yue Jing, don't talk nonsense with him."

He looked down at the victims kneeling on the ground and asked, "Do you know this person?"

Those victims raised their heads to look at the man upon hearing the words, and shook their heads, "I don't know him."

A group of people have long been starving, and they really don't have the energy to observe the people around them, but when they look carefully, they are indeed unfamiliar faces.

"Qiu An, take it down!"

Yue Jue was worried that he didn't have any clues to start with, but he didn't expect that the other party brought him a big gift before entering the city.

Very good.

Unexpectedly, the man saw that the matter had been revealed and had no chance to turn around, looked at Yue Jue and said coldly: "Want to interrogate me? Dreaming!"

After speaking, his eyes flashed, and he bit the poison in his mouth.

"Qiu An, stop him!" Yue Jue said anxiously!
Qiu An immediately removed the man's jaw, but it was too late.

Poison is very potent.

"Your Highness..."

Yue Jue's eyes were cold, "Burn it."

If he dies, he will die. Even if he digs three feet into the ground, he still has to find Yan Yi and Zhang Yan, find out who is behind the scenes and restore peace to Dongjizhou!
"Brother Huang." Yuejing looked at his cold face and called softly.

Yue Jue tilted his head to look into Yue Jing's eyes, and after a while, he said, "Let's go into the city."

Wei Chi led the soldiers, and soon set up a pot and a stove to cook porridge at the gate of the government office in Dongjizhou.

The imperial physician who accompanied him was already treating the patients who fell down on the street, and everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.

Gradually, the faces of the three imperial doctors became serious.

Many of the victims were hot, and their clothes on their chests were slightly lifted, and there were fine red spots on their bodies.

The leading imperial physician Wang Shu quickly took out a white cloth strip from the medicine box he carried with him, and handed it to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the third prince Yue Jing who followed.

"What's the reason for Doctor Wang?" Yue Jue asked, staring at the white scarf in front of her eyes.

Wang Shu's face was serious, "I'm telling the prince, I just checked the bodies of the victims, and many of them were accompanied by high fever and rashes."

"It might be a plague—"

(End of this chapter)