Thousands of people fled to Shaanxi, Xuanfu and other places.

The officers and soldiers didn't dare to stop them forcefully, and let these people break through the line of defense and flee to other places.

"The people must be intercepted. Once these people infected with the disease are allowed to flee elsewhere, the consequences will be disastrous." Yin Chengyu's face was gloomy, and his eyes were full of anger: "Xue Shu led people to intercept in the direction of Shaanxi, and the orphans went to Datong Mansion."

Time was running out, Xue Shu took the order and immediately rushed towards Shaanxi with people.At the same time, Yin Chengyu left Taiyuan Mansion City and rushed to Datong Mansion.

After galloping for nearly three hours, when Yin Chengyu arrived at the capital city of Datong, he found that Datong had a very different atmosphere from other prefectures.

The people in other prefectures had personally experienced Zhou Weishan's atrocities. At the beginning, they hardly dared to go to the streets during the daytime, and most of their actions were hidden.But now looking at Datong Mansion, all the people have taken to the streets.They walked slowly in the same direction, with fear, anxiety, and unconcealable anger on their expressions.

"That direction is Yu County, which is at the junction of Datong and Xuanfu." Yin Chengyu reined in his horse, glanced at it from a distance, and went straight to Yu County without entering the city.

Yu County is at the northernmost end of Datong Prefecture, bordering Xuanfu, which belongs to Beizhili.

There are high mountains in the east of Shanxi, and there are many checkpoints such as Taiyuan Fucheng to go south. All these victims fled to Xuanfu, which borders Shaanxi in the southwest and Xuanfu in the north.

When Yin Chengyu arrived with his men, he saw heavy troops lined up on the border of Yu County.

But the people who had been provoked to panic and anger were not afraid of these soldiers at this time, and some people had already started to attack the line of defense.Most of these garrisoned soldiers are from Shanxi. At this time, facing the angry fellow villagers, they hesitated and gradually lost their face.

The people gathered in one place and kept rushing forward.But the soldiers were apprehensive and could only keep retreating.

Yin Chengyuce stepped forward immediately, Jiang Xiaowen, the general of Datong, saw him, and hurriedly came up to him, wiping off his sweat.

"Your Highness, this place is dangerous, please sit in the county government office for a while."

He bowed his body slightly, and kept raising his sleeves to wipe the sweat from his forehead, but his eyes kept glancing at the angry people behind him, looking worried and anxious but helpless.

Yin Chengyu was in a very bad mood at first, but now seeing the commander of the government and the officials in charge of tens of thousands of military powers on the border in such a miserable situation, his expression became completely gloomy: "I left the county government alone, what should you do with these people?"

Jiang Xiaowen said hesitantly: "These people are just making a scene, and after a long time, they will naturally disperse..."

Yin Chengyu sneered: "After a long time, they will disperse? Do you know how many of these people are infected with pimple plague? If they gather like this every day, let alone these people, will these garrison soldiers get sick? These garrison soldiers are infected with the disease. If I get sick, will it spread among the army? At that time, our soldiers on the border of Dayan will be caught in the epidemic. When foreign enemies come, who will resist?"

Jiang Xiaowen obviously didn't think of this, he froze for a moment, hesitated and couldn't answer.

He was originally a deputy chief soldier, because the former chief soldier was a close friend of the governor Zhou Weishan, and he was implicated after Zhou Weishan was imprisoned.

It's just that I didn't expect that before I had time to raise my eyebrows, I encountered a riot from the victims.

Jiang Xiaowen wiped his sweat again and again, but he could only say: "This minister didn't think carefully, please forgive me, Your Highness the Crown Prince."

The situation is critical, but the general army is unusable.Yin Chengyu could only do it himself.

He rode his horse to the back of the line of defense, looked at the hesitant soldiers, and called the standard bearer.

"Send the order, erect the shield, and prepare the archers. Anyone who forcibly breaks through the defense line will be killed!"

The flag bearer was startled by the coldness of his words, but he didn't dare to disobey, crossed and waved the flags, and played the semaphore.

The defending soldiers received the order and quickly re-armed.The infantry erected their shields, and the archers behind them drew their bows and set their arrows.A flickering arrow hangs up, pointing at the people ahead.

The angry people were startled by the sudden change of formation, and then saw densely packed arrows protruding from the gaps in the shields.Subconsciously backed away in a panic.

After a short period of panic and silence, someone shouted: "The prince is going to massacre the city! Kill someone!"

The refugees who were briefly silent because of the shock of bows and arrows, under the extreme panic, ignited their anger again.

They began to try to move forward again, even more violently than before.

Looking at the conflict ahead, Yin Chengyu's expression became more condensed than ever, and he ordered without hesitation: "Shoot the arrow! Change the gun!"

The suspended arrows shot out, and the victims who rushed to the front fell one after another.

Behind the shield, the archers retreated, and the soldiers behind them with long spears stepped forward, and the tip of the spear passed through the gap in the shield, still pointing forward.

The fall of the companion calmed down the people whose minds were occupied by anger, and fear once again gained the upper hand.

They finally stopped rushing forward fearlessly, but stayed in place and confronted each other.

Seeing this scene, Yin Chengyu's cold eyes softened slightly.

At this time, the sky was already dark and the light was dimmed.Countless people gathered in one place looked up, with anger or fear written on their faces, but there was numbness and hopelessness in those pairs of eyes.

However, the control of the epidemic in Shanxi was effective in the early Ming and Ming Dynasties, and it should not have come to this point.

Yin Chengyu closed his eyes, and then told the standard bearer: "According to Gu's words."

The flag bearer sounded the gong according to the order, and raised his voice to relay his words to everyone: "His Royal Highness has something to say, the massacre of the city is just a rumor. The epidemic in Taiyuan Prefecture has been brought under control, and the rest of Shanxi's prefectures will follow the example of Taiyuan Prefecture. Those who suffer from the disease can go to the places where the plague is treated, and those who are not sick are affected by famine and epidemics. Those who have no food can be given rice, porridge and rice, and the old, weak and sick can be treated by doctors and distribute medicinal materials. As long as you follow the official notice, you will be fine. Stay at home, His Royal Highness will never give up on any of the people."

The flag bearer raised his voice and repeated Yin Chengyu's words over and over again.

Seeing the refugees in front of them go from silent to whispering, Yin Chengyu said again: "Everyone is returning to their homes now. Starting tomorrow, notices will be posted at the gate of the city, and officers and soldiers will read the disaster relief regulations. As long as everyone acts according to the rules, everyone They can receive rice grains and medicinal materials.”

The gathered disaster victims commotioned for a while, and then gradually some people began to disperse.

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people gathered, and some relatives and friends were probably injured, they hesitated to stay by the side, but they didn't dare to help them.

Only then did Yin Chengyu say to Jiang Xiaowen, who was trembling beside him: "Go and ask people to check on the people who were shot. The dead will collect their bodies and bury them. Those with relatives will send pensions to their relatives. The injured will be sent to Sian Chay Hall for treatment."

Seeing that he didn't give up on him, Jiang Xiaowen breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly responded, and almost fled in despair.

It wasn't until the last group of people dispersed that Yin Chengyu rearranged the defense of the border, and then went to the Yuxian county government office for a temporary rest.

Jiang Xiaowen ordered people to resettle the injured victims, and came back with a worried face.

Currently, there is a shortage of manpower, Yin Chengyu did not send him off for the time being, but he really couldn't put on a good face towards him, and said coldly: "Tell me about the situation in detail."

Jiang Xiaowen tremblingly explained the situation.

It turned out that as early as when Yin Chengyu mobilized troops to block the border of Shanxi, there were already rumors of a massacre of the city.

It's just that Jiang Xiaowen didn't pay attention to it at the time, until the rumors intensified in the last two days, before Jiang Xiaowen could react, these people gathered at night, broke through the defense line and fled elsewhere.

"Soldiers are divided, and patients infected with the epidemic are allowed to play the vanguard?"

Yin Chengyu frowned, with a sharp look in his eyes: "It sounds like he came prepared, and someone must have instigated and planned this riot."

If it is just an ordinary conflict, it is likely to be a confrontation between the two parties just like today.However, the riots last night were led by the infected patients, and the soldiers threw their hands at the rats. This is the gap in the defense line.

Such a well-planned plan must be followed by someone to promote it.

Yin Chengyu pondered for a long time, and called Cui Cilai, the head of the Xichang stall: "You send someone to investigate. Recently, some people among the people deliberately spread rumors and incited emotions. Then arrange a group of people to go to Xuanfu and other places to track down the escaped The victims of the disaster. Xuanfu and other places have also issued a solitary order, ordering state officials to strengthen investigations, and these victims must not be allowed to enter the city."

Cui Ci is Xue Shu's confidant, and now Xue Shu has brought people to Shaanxi to intercept him, and he doesn't know when he will be able to return.Yin Chengyu had no choice but to summon Cui Ci temporarily.

After arranging things one by one, Yin Chengyu returned to Datong City early in the morning of the second day to personally preside over the disaster relief.

Three days later, Xue Shu rushed to Datong Mansion with his troops.

From Datong to Shaanxi, you need to go through Baode Prefecture.After Xue Shu took the order, he hurried to Baode Prefecture and stopped all the refugees at the pass into Shaanxi. In addition, he also caught two suspects who had been inciting the emotions of the victims.

He first sent these victims to Taiyuan Prefecture for resettlement, and then escorted the suspects to Datong Prefecture.

When Xue Shu went to meet Yin Chengyu, he happened to bump into Cui Ci who was returning to his life.

Cui Ci was his most trusted confidant, and when he saw him, he first told him about the investigation.

After hearing this, Xue Shu nodded slightly, and said, "You step back first, I will report this matter to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

After that, he handed over the two suspects to Cui Ci, and went to find Yin Chengyu by himself.

Yin Chengyu was checking the letters from all over Zhili in his study.

After several days of investigation and interception, some of the fleeing Shanxi victims were intercepted and returned.However, Zhili is not as large and sparsely populated as Shanxi and Shaanxi. The victims who fled to Xuanfu fled to other prefectures in Zhili, like fish in water, without a trace.

Now that three days have passed, only a few hundred people have been repatriated.It is difficult to find the whereabouts of the rest, and they may have flowed to various places in Zhili.

Yin Chengyu had a headache when he thought of how many infected patients were among the missing people.

In the past three days, he has hardly had a good rest, and seeing one bad news after another, he just feels exhausted.

He was faintly worried that even if he had a new life, he would still be powerless to undo the catastrophe.

It even indirectly led to the early outbreak of the epidemic.

When Xue Shu entered the room, he saw him pinching the bridge of his nose, his face was exhausted and haggard.

Hearing the sound of him coming in, Yin Chengyu restrained his emotions, but his voice was still exhausted: "How is the situation?"

"They were all stopped, and two instigators were caught." Xue Shu looked at his expression and asked, "How long has it been since Your Highness had a good rest?"

Yin Chengyu's complexion is fair, and every time he doesn't have a good rest, the blue and black under his eyes are particularly obvious.

"Can't sleep."

Probably hearing all the people from Shaanxi stopping them back, Yin Chengyu's tense expression relaxed a bit, leaned back in the armchair, raised his hand to cover his eyebrows and eyes and said, "I have a headache, you press it for Gu."

Xue Shu came up behind him, loosened the hair crown for him, inserted his fingers into the hair, and massaged it gently.

The author has something to say:

Gougou: I can't sleep without His Highness.

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