Chapter 502: Kill the chicken and the monkey

"Niang Niang, our financial resources are weak now. If we don't be cruel, how can we get back? I asked those people to pretend to be pirates and grab the relief money, so I found a lonely island to train our people."
"Don't worry, nothing will happen."
Mu Chen comforted Du Qingheng, his eyes were determined, and she nodded with a tremor.
I still couldn't believe that I had robbed the relief fund.
This time the epidemic was so serious, she was still a little worried about whether it would spread to her.
But now, all her thoughts are gone.
I only hope that what Mu Chen did not be discovered.
But in fact, Mu Chen is careful and thoughtful. He tells his men to pretend to be pirates. Once he gets the money, he will go to the prepared island to train soldiers and horses.
Although one hundred thousand taels of silver is a huge sum of money, but if he gathers his forces like this, it won't be long before it will be used up, and then it will be exhausted.
So he also took out a portion of the money to buy shops in the capital and various prosperous cities in an attempt to make money.
All this was going on without Du Xuechun's knowledge.
If it is normal, Feng Xuanche might still be aware of the actions of the two, but now the epidemic is spreading. Although the Hu people were wiped out a few days ago, the sequelae left behind is the empty treasury and the insufficient number of soldiers on the border.
Just as Chaotang was developing in a prosperous direction, this happened again.
With Feng Xuanche's order, General Meng Yi and General Shanhe almost fought for the command of the pirate eradication.
He thought about it for a moment, and then ordered the two generals, one north and one south, to attack the pirates, and he must recover the relief money.
But the real relief money has been hidden in the mountains and forests.
It's hard to find.
Naturally, the two generals did not know that although they fought on land all year round and rarely fought in water battles, the number of people who could not stand the court was dozens of times as many as pirates.
This news reached Du Xuechun's ears, but she frowned.
How dare ordinary pirates steal money from the court for disaster relief?
She always felt a little weird.
But the prescription was only one step away, and Du Xuechun let go of the distracting thoughts in his heart and continued to read the medical book in his hand.
"Niangniang, it's okay. The people in Shuicheng heard the news that the relief funds were robbed, and they all protested against the government, saying that we are incompetent, and the people in the isolation zone are also a little restless."
Mingying's voice interrupted her movement.
Du Xuechun frowned.
When to make trouble is not good, but when she is about to develop an antidote.
"If the order is passed down, suppress it first, and the palace has already been able to develop a prescription very quickly, so that the people outside will be safer."
Her voice was like a spring of clear water in the winter, which calmed Mingying's anxiety.
Many people from the outside world know that Shen Jia has donated one hundred thousand taels of silver, and they are complimenting the kindness of the richest man today. Unexpectedly, this news will come one day later.
So there was a rumor secretly spread.
The current sage does not have the ability to let them survive this epidemic. The epidemic has spread for nearly a month, and there is still no life-saving medicine. They just keep them together every day, just to let them survive the disease.
This will not provoke ordinary people outside.
This rumor is slowly spreading from person to person, and there are many people who are just beginning to cooperate with them, and they are a little confused.
Do you really want to be abandoned?
Did the emperor isolate them just to prevent them from spreading the disease to others?
So some impatient people organized the common people, stood outside the city lord's mansion, and "suppressed" and asked the government to give them an explanation.
Chu Zhaoyuan was standing at the gate of the city lord's mansion at this time. In these days, he has also put a lot of effort into cooperating with Du Xuechun. At this time, Wu Qing is very serious.
He hasn't had a complete sleep for many days.
"Please calm down first. Listen to me. Our government cannot give up everyone. As for the patients in the quarantine area, we will try our best to treat them. We will never let them go!"
As soon as his voice fell, someone sneered in disdain.
"I haven't seen my family for seven or eight days, just because they are in the quarantine area by you, I don't know whether he is alive or dead now!"
"That's right, isn't it enough for the elder royal merchants to give you one hundred thousand taels of silver? You can be robbed by pirates. What do ordinary people like us think?
Chu Zhaoyuan's voice couldn't overwhelm the group of people at all. He frowned and waved his hand to move forward and control the men who kept yelling.
But in the next second, they said loudly as if they had grasped the handle: "Look, everyone, the lord doesn't have any reason, he wants to take us away!"
The people around naturally saw Chu Zhaoyuan's people, and their eyes became strange.
Things are gradually moving in an uncontrollable direction.
Just after Chu Zhaoyuan restrained the men, he was suffering from a headache and didn't know how to solve it when he suddenly heard a female voice.
"Who is messing around in front of the City Lord's Mansion?"
The visitor wore a red peony embroidered skirt, and his hair was combed into a majestic spirit snake temple, with two pure gold steppers inserted on it, which seemed a bit more expensive, although all gold ornaments were used. It doesn't seem vulgar at all.
Her makeup was exquisite, she was not tired at all, and her eyes were full of majesty. For a while, the people present were somewhat afraid to speak out.
Chu Zhaoyuan usually took the people-friendly route, and he was relieved to see his empress and empress finally come out to support the scene.
"This palace hasn't closed its eyes for almost half a month, just to hand over the prescription to the common people of the world, but you have listened to the rumors, which really chilled the heart of this palace."
"It is the idea of ​​this palace to isolate your family members. If you don't send them in, do you want them to have a chance to spread the disease to you?"
"My palace has now developed a prescription. If you mess around again and spread it to my ears, it will be a killing!"
Du Xuechun asked Mingying to clean up for her briefly, and then walked out slowly. Obviously, her aura and words have a strong impact on these people. Many people are just a wall of grass. Seeing that she is a little angry, she naturally dare not touch. This moldy.
They don't want to be this early bird.
And the men who yelled the most a moment ago had already closed their mouths faintly, and they were only quick to talk for a while, never expected that the empress would come out in person.
I have long heard that she is a cruel person, even the Hu nationality can solve it, how dare they say anything?
"Aren't you rumors? The palace asked you to say enough, come, tie these people at the door of the city lord's mansion, and tell them to talk all the time, otherwise it will be twenty braids."
"I won't go back until two hours have passed!"
Seeing that Du Xuechun seemed to be acting in real terms, Chu Zhaoyuan hurriedly motioned to his subordinates to follow her method.
At first, the men were a little bit uncomfortable and didn't want to speak, but after the long whip waited on them again and again, one of them couldn't stand it.
"Queen Empress, Cao Min is guilty!"