After Xie Mingze and other imperial doctors and everyone who was going to go this time drank the soup, they took out the cotton cloth prepared by Li Si to cook the medicine. In front of people, I personally demonstrated how to use these cotton cloths to block my mouth and nose, and then tie it behind my head.

"I know it's troublesome to do this. It's uncomfortable for you to wear at first. But what I want to say is that if you don't want to get the plague, you must wear these things all the time, and you have to endure it no matter how uncomfortable it is. It is the same as getting the plague In comparison, these discomforts are enough to offset." Xie Mingze said the severity, after all, the spread of the plague is through the mouth, nose and those polluted water sources, as long as you take precautions, you can still do your best.

Everyone was taken aback, apparently this was the first time they had heard of such a situation.

After Xie Mingze finished speaking, Chu Li glanced at them lightly: "Madam's meaning is exactly my king's. This is an order." The last four words seem to be Xie Mingze's strongest backing. This is an order, so you must obey it.

"Here!" Everyone came back to their senses, and immediately knelt down on one knee to accept the orders, in unison.

At the same time, Li Si pushed the door open and came in, whispering: "My lord, the prefect Li is here." Quickly find the place where he hides, so I'm too panicked.

Thinking of what Li Zhifu had done, Chu Li's eyebrows turned cold: "Really? It just so happens that the king also has something to look for him."

It is absolutely impossible to get out of this evil thing after sitting down.

Chu Li waved his hand and asked everyone to prepare first and set off later.

He followed Li Si to the room, walked out, and saw Li Zhifu waiting outside with the housekeeper and others from a distance. Seeing Chu Li, he quickly bowed his hands and saluted: "I have seen the prince."

"Master Li came here so late, what's the matter?" Chu Li didn't intend to tear his face at this moment, but just looked at Li Zhifu slowly.

Li Zhifu breathed a sigh of relief: "I heard that the prince is brewing medicine, so I came to ask, but is there any place where I need my help?"

Chu Li hummed: "It's true that Mr. Li said so. Zhu Yuyi and the others found a prescription that can prevent the spread of the plague in the future. In order to test the effect of the prescription, the king asked Zhu Yuyi and his subordinates to wait for the prescription first. Let's try together."

Li Zhifu's eyes lit up: "This is great! There is no plague in Suihuai now, if it can be prevented, it will be a good thing for the benefit of the people!" Although the prescription is for prevention, since it can prevent the plague, can it also cure it?Now it seems that there is no plague on the surface, but in fact it has long been out of control. He does not show it on the face, but he is still panicked, worried that he will also be infected, and now he has the medicine...

Li Zhifu couldn't help but asked again: "I don't know, can Xiaguan and others drink some?"

Chu Li looked at him expressionlessly, and Li Zhifu was shocked by the sight, but he couldn't bear to part with this prescription, so he cheekily apologized.

Li Si knew how the lord could give the medicine given by his wife to this kind of person: "Master Li is probably late, the medicine has already been boiled for our people. If Master Li wants to drink it, he can only boil it tomorrow. Said Get up, we are going to a place later, Master Li might as well go with us, when we come back, the prince will give the prescription to the two imperial physicians and supervisors to start brewing the medicine, and then Master Li can drink as much as he wants."

"Going to a place? I don't know where the prince is going? Now that the city is about to be closed, why not go tomorrow?" Li Zhifu hesitated, always feeling uneasy.

Li Si scolded: "Master Li, as the magistrate, can't you open the city gate at any time? Our prince is also thinking about the common people. The plague may be out of control if it is triggered. The prince also heard a prescription that can cure the plague, but it is There is a lack of a herb, and this herb has been heard somewhere, so I rushed to it overnight. The prince is so tireless, but it is Mr. Li, a parent and official, who pushes you all the time, what is your intention?"

Li Zhifu was very uncomfortable being reprimanded by one of his subordinates, but this person was a member of King Li, so he dared not offend him.

Hearing that he was only looking for herbs to cure the plague, he was relieved, although he always felt uneasy in his heart, he quickly responded: "I definitely don't mean that, I just worry that it may be inappropriate for the prince to travel late at night, so... since it is a life-saving herb , the next official will naturally be by my side."

Only then did Chu Li speak slowly: "That's very good. We'll go there later. Since Mr. Li is here, I'll wait here and go together later." It also saved him from running away.

Mr. Li probably didn't expect that Chu Li could find it so quickly, and he didn't doubt it. In order to show his obedience, he waited there obediently.

Not long after, Chu Li was ready to go, and all the soldiers and hidden guards he brought got on their horses.

Because Chu Li had told Xie Mingze in advance that the road was not easy this time, so he could not take a carriage. Xie Mingze himself knew how to ride a horse, so he directly replaced the carriage he usually travels with with a horse, and followed Chu Li on the horse.

On the contrary, Mr. Li, the magistrate, wasted a lot of effort when he got on the horse, and it took him a long time before he was helped up by the housekeeper.

When he finally got on the horse, the group in front galloped away, and behind him were a few soldiers waiting, waiting for him to go first before following him. I don't know, I thought they stayed here to watch him.

Xie Mingze followed Chu Li and his party to the outside of the city. When they arrived at the gate, Li Si and the others took out tokens, but the guards guarding the gate would not let them go. They just knelt on the ground and said they were waiting for Master Li's order. .

Chu Li couldn't see any emotion on his face. Li Si thought about what Li Zhifu had done, and knew that this was not the time to cause trouble, so he could only suppress his breath, and wait until the patients were saved and substantive evidence was obtained. Throwing it in front of Li Zhifu face to face, he was arrested on the spot.

If it weren't for the usefulness of keeping Li Zhifu, according to the practice of princes in the military camp in the past, when encountering this kind of situation, they would be cut off immediately.

Li Zhifu is not very good at riding horses, so he was two steps too late, hurriedly drove the horse, and quickly waved open the city gate. When the city gate opened, he took a guilty look at King Li.Fortunately, King Li was not angry, and Li Zhifu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but when the group of people looked at one place after leaving the city, the closer they got to Li Zhifu, the heart began to panic: This, this Li Wang and his party The direction to go, why is it a bit like...

But it shouldn't be so, it took only a day for King Li to come, how could he find it?That place was so secretive that even he couldn't think of it.

Li Zhifu is not blindly confident, the place where he hid those patients is really hard to find, after all, no one would have thought that Li Zhifu would hide those people in a temple on a mountain more than ten miles away from Suihuai.

In the past, the whole mountain was a place where chanting scriptures and chanting Buddha could save sentient beings, but now, it has become a purgatory.

When he finally reached the foot of the mountain, Li Zhifu's face changed, and he turned over in a panic and got off his horse: "Li, King Li!" He was covered in cold sweat, and hurriedly ran over unsteadily, "King Li, you are not, are you looking for a cure for the plague?" Herbal medicine? Why... came here?"

Chu Li didn't show it on his face: "Isn't this a mountain? Only this mountain has it. It just so happens that this is a temple. This time Sui Huai was hit by floods. My heart is for the people who died in the disaster, and I feel pity for it. I just wanted to go to the temple to pray for their salvation."

"But there are no monks in this temple. Even if the prince went there, it would be inappropriate. What's more, it's so late today, why don't you come again some other day?" Li Zhifu broke into a cold sweat, how dare he let King Li go? Going up the mountain, it is still not visible, and further up is the government servant he sent to guard. Those monks have been driven away long ago, and the temple on the top of the mountain was temporarily requisitioned.

But Chu Li just took a deep look at Li Zhifu: "Really? That's unfortunate, but it's still important to find herbs. Someone... enter the mountain."

Li Zhifu still wanted to say something more, but Li Si and the others sneaked behind Li Zhifu and the people he brought without knowing when, and captured them alive one by one with their mouths covered.

The rope is also ready, and the gag is tied firmly.

Chu Li ignored these people, and he took Xie Mingze and a group of people up the mountain.The first few hidden guards opened the way, with sharp blades lying in front of them, and their eyes were full of killing. It seemed that they had returned to the bloody battlefield in a trance. What they were facing was not the enemy army, but a group of executioners who were helping the evil.

The moment Li Zhifu was tied up, he didn't know that he had followed Li Wang's way. Li Wang was afraid that his purpose was to come here from the beginning. Not only was he unprepared, but he even followed him stupidly. With a dismal face: ...It's over.

Rao Xie Mingze already knew the tragic situation here from Li Si, but he actually saw and heard it with his own ears, and his whole person was still like a deep hell.

The farther you go up the mountain, the closer you get to the temple on the mountain, the screams of pain and screams for help can be heard endlessly. In such a dark night, it is terrifying, and there is nowhere to cry for help. The despair and let Xie Mingze go With one step, he couldn't help but clenched his hands tightly, and his steps became more and more heavy.

A group of people held torches, and the hidden guards who opened the way ahead had already tied Li Zhifu to the front, and the sharp blade lay across Li Zhifu's neck: "Master Li has already subdued the law, you should continue to help the evildoers or arrest them without a fight. If there is one, there is still a chance to survive; otherwise, there will be no pardon and beheaded immediately!"

As the voice of these words resounded through the forest, the light from the torch illuminated Li Zhifu's gray and frightened face extremely brightly.

Not long after, someone came out of the bushes on both sides of the stone steps with their hands raised, shouting surrender.

One came out and was quickly tied up, followed by a bunch of people behind him.

And as he approached his body, the strong smell of corpses also came faintly, Xie Mingze tugged on Chu Li's sleeve.

Chu Li asked Li Si to give orders, and they all stopped temporarily and put on the cotton cloths that had been handed out to cover their mouths and noses.

Their group was full of people, because Li Zhifu made those yamen servants leaderless in advance, and they had already arrested many yamen servants on the way up. With the knife pressed against them like this, and then looking at the soldiers who were much more numerous than them, they surrendered on the spot.

After driving all of Li Zhifu's cronies to a place guarded by special personnel, Xie Mingze took a deep breath, followed behind Chu Li, and looked towards the closed gate of the temple.

Because of the proximity, those screams of pain became louder and louder, but at the same time, because he heard such a tragic situation with his own ears, Chu Li changed his mind. The people inside have been locked up for so long, and once they are released, they will inevitably die. Attack and run around, and it will be easy to lose control when the time comes.

Chu Li whispered something in Xie Mingze's ear. Xie Mingze saw it with his own eyes, and knew that this method is the most appropriate. They have a total of three doctors here this time. The situation here is still unclear. Danger.

Chu Li ordered to go down, stood at the door, and Li Si and several loud voices began to shout inside: "Listen up, Suihuai people inside, we are sent by the emperor to relieve the disaster, and the imperial envoy who came this time is King Li of the current dynasty. We came all the way to Suihuai from thousands of miles to rescue you with food and medicinal herbs for disaster relief. We also accompanied two imperial doctors. Our lord already knows what Li Zhifu has done to you, and now Li Zhifu is here This side has been tied up, and he will definitely receive the punishment he deserves afterwards. Now we need to treat you, but the same, because the people who are still alive here may have been infected with the plague. In order to prevent the two Once the doctor enters, you will be attacked, so we need you to elect a representative to inform us of the situation inside. Don't worry, as long as you don't make noise, the government will not let any of the people go."

The words of Li Si and the others spread inside, and the people who were screaming in pain fell silent, but then there were more violent roars and struggling sounds, and there was even a knock on the door, as if they were about to rush out.

Li Si and the others continued to shout: "If you suspect that we are from the Prefect Li, but the Prefect Li has locked you here to fend for yourself, why do you need to act? But the same, you have been infected with the plague, and now you can't Let you go, even if you leave, the plague will not be healed, you should also see the appearance of the worst plague, you will only die in pain. And the imperial doctor and herbs we brought will try our best to cure you. Now If you want to live, stop shouting, the more you delay, it is not a good thing for you."

Li Si and the others have been yelling patiently over and over again, until they yelled for half an hour, analyzing the official words to them word by word, probably finally these people who have been in anger and despair for a long time saw a glimmer of light, and the original noise became more and more loud. Lighter and, by the end, a deathly silence.

I don't know how long it has passed, an old voice, I don't know if it has some right to speak among these surviving people. Although his hoarse voice tried to speak louder, it was weak because of not having enough food for a long time: "It's really terrible outside. Prince? Are you really here to save us?"

Li Si's nose was a little sour when he heard it, but the only thing he was glad was that they listened in, he was relieved, and looked at Chu Li.

Chu Li took a step forward and used his internal force to send his voice over, which could be more mellow and far-reaching: "This king is the imperial envoy sent by the emperor this time. Not only that, but also the millions of dollars he brought this time Stone grains, and enough medicinal herbs to heal you. Now that the prefect Li has already laid down the law, you can rest assured. Because this is a mountain, the grain and medicinal herbs will not be delivered until later, but before that, in order to prevent people from rushing out of the temple , causing unnecessary panic, and bringing the plague to the outside world, so we need you to stay in the temple temporarily. But I can assure you that you will be able to eat food soon. Apart from this, if you choose the disease Those who are very heavy and delirious should be carried out first, and we will treat them immediately. This old gentleman, I wonder if you can take care of it for the time being?"

Chu Li tried to keep his voice as gentle as possible, to calm the emotions of these people little by little.

Soon there were many noisy voices from inside, but they were quickly suppressed. The old man's voice came again: "But will these seriously ill patients be...infected to you?"

Xie Mingze had a sore nose, and Chu Li also had a serious look on his face, and he promised: "We will set up tents, and we will treat you here temporarily. Don't worry, someone will come to make medicine tomorrow. This medicine can delay your illness."

I don't know if he believed Chu Li's words, but the old gentleman choked up: "We all listen to the prince."

Following this sentence, there were sudden sounds one after another inside, and finally it turned into a choked-up cry, which made Xie Mingze's eyes blush.

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