I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 96: Spy Impossible

Whether Li Ran is powerful or not, I don't need my own little lady to say.

He was able to take root at the bottom and discover the clues of this "disease" in such a short period of time, and he was indeed able to blow a few words.

After all, almost without exception, the high officials of this era are rarely able to take root at the bottom.It is common sense that a gentleman does not do everything.

Now that Li Ran has made a preliminary judgment, but before his conjecture has conclusive evidence, he dare not speak rashly to Zichan.

After all, Zichan, as the ruling secretary, naturally cannot make fun of the safety of the people in the city.

So in the current situation, no matter how helpless Zichan is, he can only continue to implement the suggestions put forward by his political opponent Fengduan, and try to control the spread of the disease as much as possible.

And Zheng Yi, whose four gates were closed, made this capital, which carried the fate of the entire Zheng country, into an isolated city for a while.

After an extremely anxious wait, five days later, Zichan finally saw Li Ran again.

"Ziming, how's it going? Have you checked it out?"

As soon as he saw Li Ran, Zichan couldn't wait to ask him.

The four gates of Zhengyi are closed, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. This is not a serious situation for the whole country of Zheng.

Zheng Yi's relationship is very important, so there is no need to say more.More importantly, this is the critical moment for him to carry out the New Deal reform. He must know the implementation situation of each suburb, the feedback of the people, and the reaction of the feudal towns at the first time.

However, now that the city is closed, these news cannot come in at all, and he is like a blind man who has no knowledge of the situation outside.If things go on like this for a long time, his state administration may be at risk of dying halfway.

If it reaches that point, those who oppose the New Deal will have the opportunity to sing on stage.

"Reporting to the doctor, the situation of this disease disaster has been investigated clearly. If it is not bad, this time it is definitely not a disease."

"What? It's not a disease?! Could it be..."

Zichan was taken aback when he heard the sound, looking very surprised.

Of course he knew what Li Ran meant, and he also knew that Li Ran only said half of what he said, and the other half he didn't say.

"It is definitely not a disease", that means it is not caused by natural disasters, but man-made disasters.

But if this matter is man-made, then who would do it?And what is the purpose of these people doing this?
He immediately turned his gaze to Li Ran.

"It is still unknown, but it is still under investigation. It is expected that there will be results soon."

"In addition, according to the consensus reached with the doctors in the past few days, the disease is actually an internal disease rather than an external one, and the pathogenesis of most patients is roughly the same. Therefore, if there is no accident, just wait In a few days, the number of patients in the city will drop sharply, and then it will be proved that this illness is definitely not caused by a disease."

Hearing the sound, Zichan had no choice but to nod helplessly.

At present, he has no better way. For now, he can only wait for Li Ran's next investigation.

……

Another two days passed.

Li Ran originally thought that there would be a result soon, but what he didn't expect was that after two days, the number of patients in the city continued to increase.

Even if there is no sign of human-to-human transmission, infected patients are still being sent to the medical clinic in an endless stream, and the doctors in the city are already overwhelmed, and they still cannot stop the deterioration of the disaster.

"How could this be?"

Li Ran stood outside the medical hall, looking at the patients who were still squeezing in, feeling puzzled for a moment.

At this moment, Sun Wu and Xiaoyi appeared in front of him again, and the two rushed over to wink at Li Ran. Li Ran understood immediately, and immediately rushed back to the other courtyard together with the two.

"My lord, I expected it to be true. Sure enough, someone secretly poisoned me!"

On the way, Xiaoyi directly told Li Ran what he wanted most.

"What about people?"

"I've caught it, it's in another courtyard."

It was not the first time that Sun Wu had been doing the work of spying on others, so this matter was not difficult for him.

Coupled with the recent rumors in the city, "disease" is prevalent, and the people in the city hardly stay at home. It is too easy to monitor the movement near a well.

He and Xiaoyi each sent people to watch several wells in the west of the city for two days and two nights, and finally let them catch a person who poisoned the wells.

According to his experience, even if this kind of person is not a dead man, he is still a person whose life and death have already been controlled by the person above him, so once captured, he did not rush to interrogate him, but came to tell Li Ran immediately.

After the three of them returned to the other courtyard, Ji Le had already gotten the news.He also summoned a lot of guards from the priests and told them to guard around the other courtyard, strengthening the security here.

However, when Li Ran came straight to the firewood room where the man was being held, when he opened the door and entered, he was surprised to find that the man had already passed away!

"died?!"

"how come…"

Owl Wing's expression changed immediately, and he and Sun Wu looked at each other in blank dismay.When they came back from arresting this person, he was clearly in good condition.But how can there be no breath even if the effort is less than a cup of tea?

Sun Wu on the side was also shocked and hurried forward to check, but Li Ran shook his head and said:

"no need."

"gentlemen…"

"Look at his neck, there is a very deep purple bruise. You can tell that he was strangled to death. The grass clippings on the ground are scattered all over the ground again, which is obviously caused by his desperate struggle before he died."

"It seems that this person really doesn't look like a dead man, but he is very life-saving."

Li Ran looked around again, but without any valuable clues, he immediately turned and went out.

"Tell them to withdraw. If someone wants to assassinate us, they should do it a few days ago."

Looking at the guards around, Li Ran said to Ji Le.

Ji Le was startled when she heard the sound, and was about to ask about the inside story, but Li Ran shook her head slightly at her, and a strange look flashed in her eyes.

Having been with Li Ran for so long, Ji Le knew Li Ran very well, and immediately asked all the guards around the other courtyard to withdraw.

"Sir, what should we do now?"

Sun Wu and Xiaoyi chased out from the woodshed, their faces were worried.

The only clue was cut off so easily, how could they continue to investigate?

Li Ran let out a long sigh, his mood was very depressed, he was silent for a while before turning to look at the two of them.

"you…"

Just as he spoke, his body suddenly fell backwards.

It was as if a wall had collapsed without warning, and the speed was simply unresponsive.

It was too late to say it, but it was so fast at that time, I saw Sun Wu passing by like a strong wind, rushing to Li Ran's side in an instant, and supporting him.

"gentlemen!"

Sun Wu yelled, but Li Ran seemed to be completely unconscious, completely unconscious.

Ji Le, who had just dismissed the guards and came in from the courtyard, was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she rushed over and threw herself on Li Ran.

"What's going on? Husband! What's wrong with you, Husband?!"

However, no matter how she called, Li Ran did not respond.

Ji Le's tears fell for a while, and she wanted to cry out, but at this moment she didn't dare to let out, for fear that she would lose control if she made a cry, so she had to grit her teeth and hold back.

At this time, Sun Wu comforted him:

"Ma'am, don't be impatient. Mister is probably too tired. Just take a rest."

(End of this chapter)