"Aye, what do the clan elders say?"
In the early morning, in the Wang family's mansion in the north of Taiyuan Prefecture, Wang Anlian, who had announced the bounty to Li Ang, hugged her husband Chu Haoman's arm and asked her father Wang Bojian with a worried look on his face.
Wang Bojian did not answer immediately, but poured himself a cup of herbal tea, drank it in one gulp, and then frowned and said: "They still decided to fight with the imperial court."
"But,"
Wang Anlian's face tightened, "Right now, plague has appeared not only in Taiyuan Prefecture, but also in all the prefectures in Hedong Province, with heavy casualties, comparable to the plagues in the late Han Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty.
The outside of Taiyuan City has been surrounded by the army, and all city gates have been closed. Only vehicles transporting supplies can enter and exit.
The Chang'an court was extremely afraid of the spread of the plague, and it would be tantamount to treason to betray the country. "
"I know."
Wang Bojian nodded heavily, "The Zhou Kingdom has changed its emperor, and has turned to Mount Taihao. More troops are being sent to the border every day. The situation is not optimistic for the Yu Kingdom.
At this time, if the plague spreads in Hedong Road, the Yu State will really be in danger of subjugation.
Therefore, during this period of time, no matter how much I, the Wang family, used my influence in Chang'an, I asked courtiers, scholars, and famous scholars to help me speak.
Both the emperor and the prime minister sat firmly on the mountain, completely unwavering - they were determined to trust Li Ang. "
Wang Bojian paused for a moment and said quietly: "Not only did Li Ang not let us, the Wang family, leave the city, he also forced us to contribute money, people, and efforts.
Send people to various cities.
Or propaganda to contain the plague,
Or to screen for infected patients,
Or carry the corpse and burn it,
Or transport supplies.
The plague is rampant in the city, and even if you take precautions, you are still at risk of contracting the disease.
Several of your cousins were unfortunately infected with the disease and were sent to quarantine. Life and death are still uncertain. Every night the yard was filled with the sound of their mother crying. "
"..."
Wang Anlian thought of the sad cries that had never ceased in the palace recently, her eyes darkened, and she whispered softly: "Why is this so?"
"Yeah, why is that?"
Wang Bojian sighed: "My Wang family has passed down moral poetry and calligraphy to the family. Every one of the children in the family has read the Four Books and Five Classics and is full of knowledge. Even the least accomplished one is more than enough to be a county magistrate or county magistrate."
But now, like government servants and petty officials, they have to walk through the city and do the lowest work of carrying corpses and burning corpses.
You run the risk of contracting the disease yourself, or even infecting your family and friends. "
"...Sir, is there still room for maneuver?"
Chu Haoman frowned, thought for a moment and said: "Judging from the past behavior of Mr. Li Xiaolang, he is not a cruel person by nature, otherwise he would not be able to deceive the world.
This time it is not so much that he is deliberately targeting the Wang family.
Rather..."
"Rather, it is a reckoning with the Wang family for allowing the plague to spread in Taiyuan City.
From his perspective,
The furs brought into the city by Wang's company previously caused the plague.
So now, the young people of the Wang family should take the lead. "
Wang Anlian guessed what her husband was thinking and took over the words to avoid the embarrassment of her husband as a son-in-law, "And in the future, if we don't make further resistance, then he may not take action.
The two sides can maintain a tacit understanding until the plague is over. "
"Many people in the meeting just now had the same idea as you. From the beginning, it was indeed my Wang family's fault.
Furs with fleas should not be transported, and people should not be sent to beat the doctor who claimed that the royal vegetable farmers died of plague. "
Wang Bojian smiled bitterly and recalled the fierce quarrel between the representatives of the Wang family in the ancestral hall just now, "But, things have happened, and I, the Wang family, have paid the corresponding price.
Everyone understands the truth, and no one can watch their nephews and sons being killed and injured without being indifferent.
We're really just trying to protect ourselves. "
In order to protect themselves, the Wang family now, like other cities in Taiyuan Prefecture, has set up an isolation ward within the family. But there is still no way to completely block the introduction and spread of plague - after all, contact with the outside world is inevitable.
Wang Anlian and her husband Chu Haoman looked at each other and sighed silently.
"Don't think too much, no matter how bad the situation is, it won't be that bad."
Seeing this, Wang Bojian forced a smile and comforted her: "Stay in the house well and don't go out. Meals will be delivered to your door every day. We are responsible for the things outside."
I go first. "
"Um."
Wang Anlian nodded and suddenly said seriously: "Aye, no matter what, you should not be deeply involved in the struggle between the Wang family and the court.
Even if you pretend to be sick, even if you are accused by Wang Bofan and others, don't get involved.
Don't put yourself at risk and openly confront others.
I have a hunch that Li Ang will never back down immediately when encountering any resistance. He will also increase his intensity until one of the two parties is the first to be unable to support it. "
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"Li Observation...eh?"
In the prefect's mansion, the anxious-looking government servant Sun Er stopped suddenly as soon as he walked outside the hall door.
There was no figure of Li Ang in the hall. Instead, He Fanshuang was sitting in his seat, flipping through all the information compiled and reported by various departments.
Sun Er didn't know He Fanshuang's identity, but he saw the girl wearing regular clothes and flipping through the documents on Li Ang's desk as if no one else was watching. He blindly guessed that she had a close relationship with Li Ang.
Subconsciously, he lowered his tone and said respectfully, "This girl, Sun Er, the yamen servant of Taiyuan Prefecture, has something to report to Li Kuan."
"Are you Sun Er?"
He Fanshuang heard Sun Er's name from Li Ang, nodded, took out the seal and fish bag that Li Ang gave her, and said: "I am He Fanshuang, a classmate of Risheng. He is busy with something, and the authority of the Hedong Road Observer is temporarily transferred to him. I'll take care of it. If you have anything to do, just say it."
Sun Er carefully glanced at the fish bag symbolizing the official position of the observer from a distance, and then glanced at Yan Yundang, who was standing silently on guard in the corner of the hall.
Then he took out a stack of paper and said: "This is the leaflet I found in the alleys of Chengnanfang City this morning with my colleagues. It is suspected that someone is making lies to deceive the people and deceive the people..."
"Flyers?"
He Fanshuang frowned slightly, and with a wave of her hand, the stack of flyers flew to her desk.
I saw that the handwriting on the flyer was neat and neat, without the author's signature, and the title was "A rural grassroots asked the Taiyuan government ten times"
She pushed up her glasses on her nose and read the flyer carefully.
The author of the leaflet claimed that he was a civilian from a certain city in Taiyuan Prefecture. From the first day of the lockdown, he responded to the call of the Taiyuan government and voluntarily participated in the work of containing the plague.
But recently, he had seen so many strange phenomena that his conscience was tortured, and he felt the need to explain the true situation of the plague to the people of Taiyuan Prefecture.
[The plague in Taiyuan Prefecture is not only a natural disaster, but also a man-made disaster. 】
"Ah."
Just by seeing this sentence, He Fanshuang had already guessed the origin of the flyer.
After waiting for so long, Wang's counterattack finally came.
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