kingnovel Chapter 540: Smallpox Kills Without Pardon
Chapter 540: Smallpox Kills Without Pardon
Lu Sichu's move was quite clever.
Yu Jiusi had to go on an inspection tour to other prefectures in order to be worthy of the official position of "Grain Guardian General".
But how long Yu Jiusi would be away and where he would go was not something that Lu Sichu could decide.
"Thank you for your concern, sir. I have my own plan in mind."
Seeing Yu Jiusi's stubbornness, Lu Sichu couldn't help but feel a little panicked.
——Only when they really faced each other did he feel that this boy was truly extraordinary.
He was silent for a moment, tilted his head slightly, and gave his confidant a look.
The confidant understood immediately, pretending to be hesitant, and said: "Sir, two counties in Xingning Prefecture were also affected by the disaster this time, but not as serious as Changnan Prefecture. The relief grain arrived about half a month ago, but because of the epidemic in the prefecture, Governor Jiang has not taken any action yet..."
"Stop talking nonsense!" Lu Sichu scolded in a low voice, "Prefect Jiang is just too busy for the time being. Now that Xingning Prefecture has an epidemic, how can he take care of so many things?"
Yu Jiusi, who was sitting opposite the screen, chuckled when he heard this.
That’s right, let’s use an open strategy.
Their remarks put the blame on the Xingning prefect, and as the "grain guard general", Yu Jiusi had no choice but to go.
Yu Jiusi said nothing after hearing this, and looked outside the side hall, waiting for news from Li Shiyuan.
He didn't move, and Lu Sichu wasn't sure what he was thinking.
This feeling was very bad. Ever since Yu Jiusi broke the situation in Jimu Village and Gong Zheng was arrested, he lost the basic initiative.
Just as Lu Sichu was thinking about his next move, a burst of hurried footsteps was heard outside the side hall.
"Lang Jiang!" The shout was full of surprise and panic, with a hint of fear.
It’s the doctor just now.
Lu Sichu's heart sank.
Afraid something might happen.
The doctor hurried to the door of the side hall, but suddenly stopped and refused to move forward.
Yu Jiusi also had a bad feeling in his heart. He stood up by holding the arm of the chair and asked Li Shiyuan: "What happened?"
As he said this, he tentatively raised his leg and walked towards Li Shiyuan.
As expected, Li Shiyuan suddenly raised his hand to stop him: "Don't come over here, General! Don't get close to me!"
Yu Jiusi's heart sank.
He was very familiar with Li Shiyuan's appearance. When he was in the shanty town of Jimu Village, both Li Shiyuan and Doctor Zhang had treated him like this.
He suppressed those memories, calmed his mind and asked, "But has anyone under the governor been infected with the disease?"
"Yes!" Li Shiyuan panted, and it was not difficult to see his pale face through the veil. "That person was almost asymptomatic, only a few blisters appeared on his body. If I hadn't examined it carefully, I wouldn't have been able to see it at all. This epidemic should be..."
"What is it!" Lu Sichu pulled open the screen, not even bothering to look at Yu Jiusi, but asked Li Shiyuan with red eyes: "What is the epidemic?"
smallpox?
How is it possible! Lu Sichu refused to believe it and denied it directly in his heart.
The people he brought this time were all carefully selected and then examined by doctors. These people were absolutely clean and could not be infected with the disease!
Li Shiyuan looked at him, his eyes full of hatred and resentment: "Smallpox."
"Impossible!" Lu Sichu's reaction was even more excited than Yu Jiusi's. He was supported by his confidant and roared, "It's impossible for my men to get sick!"
Yu Jiusi bit his cheeks tightly, and his brows darkened when he heard that. He grabbed his neck and asked, "You really do know, right? You really do know that there is a smallpox epidemic in Xingning Prefecture! How dare you bring the epidemic to Changnan Prefecture? What are your intentions!"
Use yourself as bait to destroy the entire Changnan Prefecture?
Yu Jiusi knew this was impossible. In Lu Sichu's heart, his life was more valuable than the lives of millions of people in Changnan Prefecture.
"I have no idea!"
This time, Lu Sichu was completely panicked. His mind was filled with fear of contracting the epidemic, and he had no intention of dealing with Yu Jiusi at all.
"I know nothing! Impossible! There is no way my men could be infected! Doctor, doctor! Did you see it wrong? Show them again, look carefully!"
What he was worried about was not his men, but himself who had rested outside the city with his men last night.
If Yu Jiusi had not prevented him from entering the city yesterday, there would be no way he would have been able to rest in the same place with his men.
It's such a coincidence.
"Doctor Li can't be wrong!"
Yu Jiusi's fingers pinching his neck suddenly closed, and he looked into his eyes, not questioning, but stating: "You already knew that the epidemic in Xingning Prefecture was smallpox."
He was wondering before, even though he knew Li Shiyuan's medical skills, Lu Sichu was still confident that he could kill him, what kind of epidemic was so terrifying?
Now he was sure—smallpox.
That's right.
Everything clicked.
So it was impossible for Li Shiyuan to be wrong.
"Let go, let go..." Lu Sichu's face turned purple and he was almost suffocated by Yu Jiusi, but no matter how he struggled, he could not break free from Yu Jiusi's hold.
At this time, the difference in power between civil and military officials was clearly evident.
"General, don't touch him!" Li Shiyuan stamped his feet anxiously at the door.
Since Lu Sichu was still outside the city, they sent people to follow him and sprinkle lime powder, for fear that Lu Sichu and his group would bring the plague.
But now, Yu Jiusi was so furious that he took the initiative to touch Lu Sichu, the plague god!
"Young Master! Are you crazy! Let my master go! My master is the governor appointed by His Majesty himself! He is a fourth-rank official in the imperial court!" The henchmen couldn't pry Yu Jiusi's hands open, so they could only kick and beat him.
"Langjiang..." Li Shiyuan was afraid that he was not clean either, so he only dared to speak but not to step forward: "Let him go quickly, your body is more important, stay away from him first, we will talk later!"
Yu Jiusi closed his eyes, calmed down the anger in his heart, and then threw Lu Sichu back to his original seat as if he were throwing a rag.
"Lu Sichu, I will report everything you did, one by one, truthfully." He stared at Lu Sichu, who was holding his neck and coughing non-stop. "You'd better pray that you haven't contracted smallpox, and don't die before a fair trial. That would be too easy for you."
At this point, the incident was completely out of Lu Sichu's control. He didn't understand why his men had contracted smallpox - he was obviously so cautious.
Yu Jiusi is right.
If he contracted smallpox, he would most likely die from it.
When the soul returns to dust, everything becomes empty.
But what if he hadn’t contracted smallpox?
No matter how he defended himself, no matter how necessary his reasons were, he could not hide the truth - it was his people who brought smallpox. The common people and scholars would criticize him, and the court would also punish him under pressure from public opinion to give an explanation to the people.
Yu Jiusi......
Lu Sichu covered his neck and looked at Yu Jiusi hatefully.
If it wasn't for Yu Jiusi who discovered this, he would still have some room for maneuver. But Yu Jiusi was not a spineless person like Jiang Zhiming, and he couldn't be scared, scolded, or manipulated.
This situation...what's the solution?
Lu Sichu couldn't think of anything, so he could only cough and say, "I didn't know that this epidemic was smallpox, that's the fact. If you don't believe me, you can send someone to Xingning Prefecture to investigate. When I left the prefecture, even the doctors in the prefecture couldn't determine what kind of epidemic it was."
Yu Jiusi looked at him coldly and strode out the door.
When he reached the door, he stopped and said, "You don't have to say anything. Just wait to die here."
"Pass the order! This house is under strict guard. Anyone who takes even a single step outside of this house will be punished, no matter who they are."
"Kill without mercy."