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"That dog official is not afraid of being struck by lightning!"

Liu Ruo Qing gnashed her teeth in anger, she couldn't wait to twist the head of the Zhixian off.

Yan Yuan also had a sullen face. Although he did not say anything, he could not suppress the killing intent in his eyes.

"The granary."

"The granary is empty."

"Empty?"

Yan Yuan calmly repeated these two words.

"Yes, empty."

Tian Shu's face was also ugly. When he heard that Zhixian was going to burn those infected people to death, he already wanted to kill him.

When he later found out that the granary was empty, he could roughly guess after following the prince around for so many years.

The dog official obviously didn't intend to save the civilians and didn't expect him to provide food for them. However, if it wasn't for the grain depot, how could the huge county magistrate's grain depot not be filled with rice?

It was obvious that the dog must have been greedy.

If the grains from the grain depot were to be distributed to the victims, he definitely would not believe it. In other words, not only did the dog official not have the intention to save the citizens, he even planned on giving up the grains.

If he did not come personally this time, it would have been hard for him to imagine that the food and food that had been delivered from the capital would have ended up in the dog-official's pocket.

Tian Shu saw Yan Yuan's dark expression and did not say a word, he thought for a moment, then asked: "Prince, what do I need to do now?"

"Let's go out first."

The three of them went to the front hall of the inn, where his guards were already waiting.

"Mistress."

They did not call him "Prince" in front of outsiders, this was something that Yan Yuan had told them before, and with the current situation, they were in no hurry to reveal their identity.

At this time, Lu Yuan He and a few guards walked in from outside the inn.

Lu Yuan He walked to Yan Yuan's side and deliberately lowered his voice, "Your Highness."

"How's the outbreak?"

"The husband of the woman has recovered, but some people are not doing so well."

"What do you mean?"

"My lord, the plague this time was just an ordinary plague, but when I went to check on the others, I found something different."

"Different?"

Yan Yuan frowned, and looked at Lu Yuan He with a serious expression.

"Yes, and it's a bit serious."

Lu Yuan He did not plan to hide the truth. Something like the plague, if it spread, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Seeing that Yan Yuan's expression was cold and did not speak, Lu Yuan He hesitated for half a second before continuing: "I asked a few patients about it and discovered that they had all drank some seawater because they were too thirsty."

"Drinking seawater?"

Liu Ruo Qing listened at the side and frowned. The water was ungrateful, it was salty, so wouldn't she be even more thirsty if she drank it?

Wasn't this drinking poison to quench his thirst?

Moreover, a lot of people drowned in this seawater. Although they already retreated, but …

Thinking about it, Liu Ruo Qing immediately thought of another matter, and her brows furrowed even more.

Sure enough, Lu Yuan He's words confirmed her guess, "That's right, because they were unable to endure the thirst, they drank some of the water in the puddles. There were a lot of corpses in the water, and when they rotted in the torrential rain, it would naturally cause the disease."

Speaking of which, Lu Yuan He also frowned, "This disease is extremely contagious, and to find the source of this disease and use the right medicine, requires a period of time."

Yan Yuan knew that his current rage was of no use, he could only suppress his anger and said to Lu Yuan He: "Sir, first, think of a way to create the special medicine for this plague. As for other matters, leave them to me."

"Yes."

After that, Yan Yuan sent a few guards to follow Lu Yuan He out of the city. They also bought some herbs in the city to temporarily control the situation.

The operation this time was not small, and naturally attracted the Zhixian's attention.

"What?" Someone is buying herbs in the city to save those peasants outside the city? "

"That's right, my lord. I heard that that person has quite the manner and has quite a few guards by his side. He looks like a rich young master."

Grand Master whispered from the side.

He had intentionally gotten closer to that man and didn't say anything. The man didn't even give him a glance, but he could feel the coldness radiating from his body from a distance. At that time, he was so scared that he didn't dare to get any closer.

Of course, he wouldn't openly say such a shameful thing.

"Rich young master?"

When the Zhixian heard him, he closed his eyes and looked to be deep in thought, after which he laughed softly, "What kind of rich young master would come to this kind of place, aren't you afraid of getting infected and going back?"

The Grand Master had followed Zhixian for so many years after all. With a single sentence from Zhixian, he immediately understood what he meant, "Master, do you mean to say, that person could have been sent by the imperial government?"

Zhixian stroked his beard, the flesh on his fat face trembled because of his actions. He was not certain about Grand Master's guess, so he said: "We should not underestimate him."

The Grand Master didn't say anything. He couldn't help but tremble when he thought of the appearance he had when he saw that person.

If that person was really sent by the court, then judging from his demeanor, he wouldn't just be an ordinary official.

"Sir, do you need this student to send someone to investigate?"

The Grand Master looked at Zhixian and suggested in a low voice.

"Alright, be careful not to get discovered. We must find out his identity."

"Yes."

The Grand Master quickly retreated and immediately recruited people to stay at the inn where Yan Yuan and the rest were.

Night time, a few black figures quietly snuck into the inn and appeared outside Yan Yuan's door.

The people in the room slept soundly, and apart from breathing, they could hear nothing else.

The people outside looked at each other, then they saw the leader of the group wave his hand, following him. One of them stepped forward, used a knife to pry open the door and quietly walked in.

"The lord has instructed, we can't let them discover us. All of you, hurry up."

"Yes, big brother."

Soon after, he saw a few people groping around in the room. One of them opened the wooden cabinet in the room, and inside was a bundle.

He opened the bag. Inside was a golden sign. The words written on it shocked the man.

"Big brother, come here quickly."

The man turned around and called to the other man in a low voice.

"What did you find?"

"Big Brother, look!"

That person handed the gold plate to the "big brother" in his mouth. The words engraved on the gold plate also frightened that person.

He then picked up a yellow book from the bag. It was an ultimatum to prove Yan Yuan's identity and rank. He opened it to take a look and then hurriedly put the two items back into the bag.