Rebirth: The little puppet emperor, tearing apart the regent with his own hands

After settling His Majesty, Wu Yan called someone to call in the people at the door, leaving of course the people guarding the entrance of the cave.

Wu Yan: "As Miss Cuiying said, it is relatively safe here. Now please ask Miss Cuiying to explain everything clearly."

Cuiying nodded and began to speak out: "I don't know when the plague started or where it started. By the time we realized something was wrong, most of the people in the village had already fallen. .

At first it was just sneezing and runny nose, but no one took it seriously, thinking it was nothing serious and would be over after a while. Who knew that a few days later, not only did she not recover, but she also started to have diarrhea and vomiting, and everyone felt that something was not right.

But the doctor in the village couldn't see why, and just ordered him to rest well. When there was nothing left to vomit, he started vomiting blood, and eventually the skin started to rot from his arms. Basically, at this point, you wouldn't be able to live for a few days..."

Wu Yan: "Is there anything like this happening in other places?"

Cuiying: "No at first..."

Wu Yan nodded: "It seems that the starting point of this plague is this village..."

Su Qing suddenly asked: "Did anything unusual happen before the plague started?"

"An unusual thing..." Cuiying thought for a while and said: "There was a flood in the mountains before, and many corpses washed down. They were all strangers and not from the village, so the village chief organized Killed the people and buried all the corpses.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that someone in the village started getting sick from that time..."

Wu Yan asked: "Where is it buried?"

Cuiying: "In the unknown grave in the village, all the people without names are buried there."

"Do you know where the flood comes from?"

Cuiying: "I'm not very sure. I heard that it flows down from a very far place, maybe the top of the mountain? But no one has been there. The county magistrate had people seal the mountain a long time ago, saying that there are cannibals inside. The wild beasts are not allowed to go away, and we collect herbs in an area just above the foot of the mountain."

Su Qing asked: "Which mountain?"

Cuiying: "It's the tallest one not far from the next door. The water in the river surrounding our village flows down from it."

Wu Yan nodded, indicating that he understood, then he bit his index finger, casually tore off a piece of cloth, wrote a few words, then handed it to Yue Feng and whispered: "Send someone to send it back, as soon as possible. The sooner the better.”

Yue Feng nodded, took the letter and went out.

Su Qing glanced at Wu Yan and said nothing.

Su Qing knew the destination of that letter. You don't need to think about it to know that Wu Yan must have written about himself in the letter. He stood up, brushed the dust off his body, and walked out of the cave.

Wu Yan sensed something was wrong and quickly stopped in front of Su Qing and asked: "Your Majesty...where is Brother Su going? It's very dangerous outside. Brother Su should not go out alone."

Su Qing didn't speak, but his steps remained firm. He bypassed Wu Yan and prepared to go out.

How could Wu Yan let him leave? He grabbed Su Qing's wrist in desperation.

Su Qing said: "Let go."

How could Wu Yan be willing to let go? He smiled apologetically and said, "Didn't Brother Su say that he wanted to follow me?"

Su Qing said expressionlessly: "I mean to follow you to a populated place, but the premise is that I will only follow you. When you sent the letter, this premise was already broken. How could I still do it?" Follow you?"

He finally escaped, how could he return to that palace?

Wu Yan said helplessly: "I have no choice but to do this. Brother Su's status is precious. If something goes wrong, it will shake the foundation of the country! Please forgive me for being rude. Even if I die, I will not let you leave." .”

There was a stalemate between the two of them. Others were not fools. Cuiying had never seen the world. In her mind, the most important person was their county magistrate. Naturally, she felt that this god-like figure in front of her was a rich man. .

But the people around Wu Yan were different. They all followed him out of the capital. Even if they had never met the emperor, those who came and went knew the identity of the person in front of him.

Everyone knelt on the ground with a plop and shouted: "Your Majesty, may you be blessed!"

Cuiying's eyes widened in fear: "Your Majesty, are you Your Majesty?!"

This scene... Su Qing sighed: "Everyone, get up."

Everyone stood up, but they all consciously blocked the entrance of the cave. Su Qing couldn't see it, so she had no choice but to find a place to sit down, close her eyes and rest her mind.

However, he didn't want to speak, but someone came to him. Cuiying rushed to Su Qing before anyone could react, knelt on the ground with a plop, and said: "Your Majesty, you are your Majesty, please You, save my parents..."

Su Qing opened her eyes and looked at Cuiying. Cuiying raised her head, with tears in her eyes, but her eyes were unwavering. This desperate look for her loved ones reminded Su Qing of a moth flying into a flame.

"Don't ask me," Su Qing said, "Although I am the emperor, no one knows it except you. Even if I stand up and shout that I am the emperor and ask them to let him go, they will probably regard me as a madman. Shot dead on the spot.

I can probably guess what happened here. You said that your county magistrate closed the mountain, but when I came here, I found a lot of ruts. It must be your county magistrate who is doing something ulterior in the mountains.

There was a flood a few days ago, and many corpses were washed down from the mountain. They were probably laborers who died of illness.

And since his face could be seen, that person must not have rushed over from a distance, otherwise his face would have been soaked.

You said they are all unfamiliar faces, which is normal.

It was a disgraceful thing, so how could he dare to recruit people from the local area? They were probably kidnapped as hard laborers from somewhere...

Based on this analysis, every one of the things your county magistrate has done is going to be a crime. Once exposed, it will be a serious crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan. How can he be arrested without hesitation?

And he, a small county magistrate, dares to be so arrogant, even if he says there is no one above him, I don’t believe him. The crossbowmen in the valley over there were more than he, a small county magistrate, could afford. "

Cuiying murmured: "What should we do?"

Su Qing said: "The inspector's imperial envoy has probably arrived at the Qinzhou Prefect's Mansion. The troops he led are just as strong as the local government soldiers, but the number is too small. Otherwise, so be it..."

Su Qing stood up, patted the dust on his body and said, "I'm going to take a trip for you, brush my face, and see if I can borrow some troops to defend the city from Shuozhou next door."