C232 (1/2)

Seemingly on the second day when a large number of refugees entered the city, Yan Ye sensed that something was amiss.

The appearance of these refugees was too coincidental. According to the news, they were from the neighboring prefectural city, near a few counties.

However, why did they come all the way south when they encountered such a thing? Why didn't they head east to the capital?

Most importantly, they still could not find any trace of Ye Jingde.

However, the local magistrate was a good official. He couldn't just watch the refugees appear without doing anything, and keep them locked up outside the city.

After requesting permission from the Elder Sun, the County Magistrate immediately ordered some people to bring the refugees to the North City.

The people that lived in the North City were all ordinary citizens, and since the land was vast and sparsely populated, they could better accommodate these refugees.

In addition to these, the County Magistrate also called for the county's biggest families to donate food and set up three big pots in the North City.

There were three big pots, two of which were simmering with porridge. The other pot contained soup made by the county doctor, fearing that the refugees might catch some sort of disease after a long journey.

There were quite a few wealthy families in the county. Although there weren't any particularly wealthy families, the county magistrate still took out a portion of the rice grains, and when they took some out, they all felt that these grains and medicinal herbs would definitely be able to last until the government officials reported them to the government officials.

However, on the third day after the refugees had eaten the rice porridge and drunk the county's medicinal soup, a boy with red ideas all over his body suddenly appeared in the refugee camp in the northern part of the city.

It was only four hours since the boy had died from illness. Fifteen minutes after the boy had died, more and more people began to have fever in the refugee camp.

After the county received the news, before they could send a doctor to treat it, a voice suddenly burst out from within the refugee camp.

Plague! This was a plague!

When this news was revealed, the refugees who had been settled suddenly rushed out like madmen. Although the county magistrate had sent yamen runners here, after being pacified for three days, even the magistrate felt that they had been pacified. Thus, he released more than half of the yamen runners to return home to rest.

After all, they were quite tired a few days ago.

But who would have thought that such a thing would happen to these refugees after just half a day?

The county magistrate was about to pull the beard that had been meticulously maintained. He wanted to go to the Sun family for advice, but he wasn't a fool for being able to pass the examinations and become an official here for almost two terms.

Now that the refugees had started a riot, it was impossible for him, as a county magistrate, to shirk his responsibilities.

Although he had done very well in the beginning, now that something like this had happened, no matter how much contribution he had made, he wouldn't be able to hide it.

However, if Elder Sun was dragged into this, perhaps no one would be able to help him in the event that something happened to him.

Nervously and fearfully, the County Magistrate quickly wrote a letter to the Prefect requesting assistance, while ordering his trusted aides to send a letter to the Elder Sun.

At this time, Elder Sun was at Yan Ye's home accompanying Empress Dowager Hu. Because he received the news of the refugee rebellion, he took the initiative to speak with Xu Yanzhu and Empress Dowager Hu.

After receiving the county magistrate's letter, the Elder Sun didn't hide anything and directly read it in front of Empress Dowager Hu, Yan Ye and Xu Yanzhu.

After reading the county magistrate's letter, Elder Sun let out a long sigh.

The Elder Sun did not hide anything. After putting down the letter, he spoke out the County Magistrate's intentions.

”But you can't blame the county magistrate for this, can you?” Xu Yanzhu's tone was filled with doubt. From the moment she first discovered the refugees, to the time she rescued them, the County Magistrate had done everything very well.

Now that the refugees had caused such a commotion, the county magistrate could not be blamed for it.

It was also the fault of the magistrate of the neighboring prefectures, and the county magistrate of the counties that had been affected since the spring of last year.

The drought of spring and summer, the inaction of the magistrate and magistrate, the inaction of the magistrate and magistrate in the autumn rain for half a month, and the heavy snowfall of winter and the freezing rain of spring were the last straw that broke the hearts of the citizens of these counties.

The imperial government did not know about these matters, but the tax payments, the county magistrate, and the magistrate still stripped the commoners of everything. The commoners were willing to abandon their hometowns in order to come to them.

But after coming to them …

Xu Yanzhu thought about it and sighed.

Just as she finished his sentence, Yan Ye reached out to hold her hand and said: ”Don't worry, I'll take care of everything.”

Hearing Yan Ye's words, Xu Yanzhu looked at him and shook her head: ”Right now, the problem is not the key, but whether or not the plague in the refugee camp is real. ”If it's true, then we …”

Although Xu Yanzhu did not finish her words, Yan Ye understood what she meant.

Although they hadn't found out whether the plague was real or fake, once this news spread, the hearts of the commoners in the city would be thrown into disarray.

Especially the rich families who had donated a lot of food under the orders of the county.

This magistrate had been here for nearly six years. He had been retained during the last assessment, and according to the rules, he would leave after the end of the year's assessment.

Because he had been performing very well during the five years he had been here, the county was managed in a neat and orderly way by him. Thus, when he opened his mouth, these rich people did not hesitate to give him something.

But now, these refugees who had eaten their food had actually brought a plague upon them!

Plague! It was not a small issue. It was a plague that could cause the death of an entire city's citizens!

The rich people probably wanted to blame the county magistrate, but they couldn't really blame him for his previous performance.

Since the magistrate couldn't be blamed, these wealthy families naturally became angry at the refugees.