A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 861 Desert Light
As soon as Yuan Wuyou left Xi'e City, he met up with Mi Qinlin and a dozen Qiang soldiers who were waiting outside.

Dark clouds covered the city. The sudden rain had just stopped, but a drizzle of rain was still falling.

They were smart and each of them got a hat to keep out the rain.

She walked towards Mi Qinlin in the cold and wet rain, but the next moment she saw a child in his arms and was instantly shocked.

"Where did it come from?"

Mi Qinlin said: "I picked it up. The Xiao family lost it when they were fighting with each other." As he said that, he looked worriedly at the girl in armor who was soaking wet and whose every hair was dripping with water.

"Lord, are you okay? How about we get you some medicine first? Don't let yourself get sick before rescuing the Khan."

The queen raised her hand to wipe the rain off her face and frowned, "I'm fine, don't worry about me, but what's wrong with you?"

As she spoke, Yuan Wuyou ran towards the swaddling clothes and took a closer look. She felt that the baby's eyebrows and eyes looked familiar. In order to confirm her guess, she reached out to lift the swaddling clothes, and she actually saw a jade pendant with the word "Yan" engraved on it around the child's neck!
"Isn't this Xiao Ye's child? Why doesn't her mother care about her, and why doesn't her stepfather, King Ande, care about her either?"

Seeing her confident tone, Mi Qinlin was also puzzled, "Ah? Do you recognize the child, or do you recognize her family?"

"This is a long story, let's talk about your business first. Why did you steal someone else's child?"

As for the relationship between Yuan Wuyou and this child, it started from the moment she set foot in the Central Plains. She will never forget the amnesiac Yuwen Huaibi holding the child, and the past times she had with her in Gao Changgong's military camp and Mulan City. If she doesn't talk about it for three days and three nights, I'm afraid outsiders won't understand.

But now is not the time to tell stories.

Mi Qinlin did not dare to delay and quickly said to her, "I didn't want to steal the child. I was saving her! This is what happened..."

Afterwards, Mi Qinlin explained the whole story, and Yuan Wuyou realized that this child was sent back by the other Dangxiang tribes after Wan Yuwuyu had sent him out to "do something big".

It turned out that a tribe was on the road and encountered a fight between Xiao's army and a local gang. It seemed that they were trying to steal money, so they helped to drive away Xiao's army and even picked up a child.

When the Tanguts robbed the child, they realized that the two groups were not stealing gold and silver, but medicine to treat the plague.

The medicine was in the hands of the Xiao family, but the gang members stole the Xiao family's child for the medicine. It happened that the Dangxiang people and the Jiao Da people passed by there fighting, and were beaten away by the two groups indiscriminately. Because the child was crying, the gang members were busy running away and left the child behind.

The reason they were scrambling for medicine was that a plague had broken out in Jiangling a few days ago. Once infected, the disease would immediately develop, with symptoms including chest tightness, shortness of breath, general weakness, and coughing up blood. The patient would die of exhaustion within a few days.

If there is an antidote to relieve gas, stop coughing and clot blood, the condition will improve. This disease spreads quickly and covers a wide range, but some people take the right medicine and are not affected by the epidemic.

But it was not until these two days that we learned that the disease came from the Western Regions and was brought to Jiangling by someone with malicious intent.

The cause was that Jiangling had recently been causing chaos on the border, sparking public outrage, so someone poisoned Jiangling in retaliation.

The batch of medicine that the local tyrants and the Xiao family snatched away was released by merchants from the Western Regions.

Mi Qinlin also said to Yuan Wuyou mysteriously:

"I heard that the great killer weapon 'Desert Light' from the Western Regions has come to the Central Plains. This plague is probably caused by the Desert Light."

Yuan Wuyou was confused by what he heard.
"What kind of weapon is Desert Light? A weapon that kills people, or is it the name of a disease? The name doesn't sound like a disease."

"Some say it's the name of a weapon, others say it's a poisonous person. I heard that in recent years, wherever Desert Light goes in the Western Regions, there are plagues and killings, and many people die." "Isn't our Huaxu considered the Western Regions?"

"It's not far enough west. Our Dangxiang Bailang and Huaxu have good public security, but the Tuyuhun in the north is not so good. They were massacred by the Desert Light. Qiuci Loulan in the west also suffered the ravages of the Desert Light."

Yuan Wuyou shook his head, "I don't understand. I haven't been to the Western Regions much, and I only know a friend in Loulan."

As she spoke, she felt that she had strayed off topic again. "By the way, did you get the medicine? Let me see, I'll study the ingredients of the medicine."

Mi Qinlin shook his head. "The medicine was taken back by the Xiao family. I heard that the gang is the most famous local tyrant in Nanyang. It is said that the founder is Zhuge Kongming, but the gang members I saw were all old, weak and sick. When they got sick and had no medicine to take, they vomited blood in front of me."

"You are quite kindhearted, eh? I can't help it. I don't have time to fight the epidemic."

Mi Qinlin said, "You don't need to be kind. I just saw a leader of the Wolong Gang enter Xi'e City. He seemed to want to discuss medicine with the officials in the city. They have a say with the officials, so we don't need to worry about it."

"Oh, that's true."

Yuan Wuyou caught a glimpse of Xiao Ye's child in his arms, and suddenly an idea came to his mind.

"Wait, what's the name of that gang and where is it? Since they can enter the city, I wonder if I can get through them and sneak in to see Chi Luoxie."

Mi Qinlin was stunned.
"Ah? It seems to be called the Wolong Gang, but you are a young girl, and you are so upright. You don't fit in with a place like that of hooligans. I'm afraid you can't even get in the door."

Yuan Wuyou pointed at the child in his arms and said, "Isn't this a bargaining chip? We can use the child to exchange for the antidote from the Xiao family to cure the disease in their gang. I'll go and give it a try."

Mi Qinlin narrowed his eyes, "You? I'm worried."

"Tsk?" Yuan Wuyou glanced at him impatiently, "Are you questioning my ability?"

"No, I mean, the Central Plains is not like the Tanguts. Here, men are strong and have high status. The gangs are gathering places for hooligans and gangsters. There are all kinds of people... If you, a little girl, go there, you will be like a sheep entering a wolf's mouth, right?"

"I can put on a beard and tie my chest to disguise myself as a man."

"Don't worry about it. You still have to carry a child. I'm afraid both you and the child will be killed. Those gang members are all local tyrants. If they imprison you, it will be difficult for us to save you."

Yuan Wuyou also scratched his head, "I don't know how to hold a baby. I want to take you with me, but I will fight if you hold a baby."

Upon hearing this, Mi Qinlin's eyes widened. He was clearly angry that the main point she cared about was not the danger of a sheep falling into a wolf's mouth, but that she didn't know how to hold a child? But when he opened his mouth, he still said:
"What? You don't even want to hold the child. Then when you have a child with our Khan... will you let him hold it?"

Yuan Wuyou glanced at him, "Why are you talking about children? Can he have one? Anyway, I can't have one, I can only let men have one."

"That's fine too. Our Khan will definitely agree."

"He hasn't even said he likes me, so don't spread rumors all the time."

"What? He hasn't confessed yet? This won't do. When he comes back, I have to ask him what's going on."

"Okay, business is more important!" Yuan Wuyou interrupted him impatiently, and then suddenly thought of something.
"Hey? Local tyrants? Oh, yes, we have local tyrants too! Let's go back to Xinye to find Governor Yu and ask him if he has any acquaintances in the underworld!"

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