Datang: Ten Years of Proton, Leading an Army of Millions to Return

Xiao Yuanyuan slowly opened her eyes, looked around with lingering fear, and then carefully checked her body. After confirming that she was fine, she patted her chest and let out a breath.

"Hey!!"

At this time, the pony that had fallen to the ground had stood up again and came to Xiao Yuanyuan's side, stroking Xiao Yuanyuan's head with its head, as if to comfort Xiao Yuanyuan.

"Xiao Ma, are you okay? Does it hurt?"

Xiao Yuanyuan saw the foal had some skin rubbed on its knees and said with some concern.

She had completely forgotten that it was the foal that had thrown her out, and that the injuries were caused by the foal itself.

On the other side, two Goguryeo soldiers, not wanting to cause any more trouble, helped the civilian who was hit and wanted to leave as soon as possible.

"Uncles? Are you all right?"

However, Xiao Yuanyuan flapped her short legs and ran forward, blocking the few people.

"Uh...little sister, we're fine. We have urgent matters to attend to, so we won't waste time here."

They didn't want to linger any longer, they just wanted to leave.

Because they saw Li Kuan over there, they turned their eyes over there. When they saw Li Kuan's face clearly, they froze where they were.

They must have not checked the almanac before going out today! Otherwise, how could they be so unlucky to meet Li Kuan, the invincible evil star in the eyes of the Goguryeo soldiers!

The two of them suddenly became nervous and had already taken a step forward.

"Is it really okay?"

Xiao Yuanyuan's big eyes were full of confusion. The uncle who was knocked down was clearly groaning as if he was in great pain, but why did they say he was okay?

"Sister Yuan, what's wrong with you?"

Li Kuan looked at the three people who left in a hurry. He was just a little confused and didn't take it too seriously. However, he saw that Xiao Yuanyuan's eyes were always on the three people, and he couldn't help but feel a little confused.

"Brother-in-law! The person who was hit just now was clearly groaning, but why did they say that nothing happened? And they walked so fast! The person in front was dressed like this! Are they afraid that we will bully them?"

Xiao Yuanyuan opened her eyes wide and asked Li Kuan.

"Hmm? You keep moaning? And you're dressed like this?"

Li Kuan frowned when he heard that, and the previous reactions of those three people suddenly appeared in his mind. They kept moaning and slipped away so quickly. Could it be that they had something to hide that they were afraid of being exposed?

"stop!"

Without hesitation, he shouted loudly, wanting to stop a few people and interrogate them.

"Come on!"

The two Goguryeo soldiers could no longer hold back. They habitually thought that Li Kuan had discovered something.

The two men pushed the sick citizen in front of them and ran towards another street in panic.

"Hmm? Sure enough, there is something fishy!"

"How could an ordinary person react like this? He must have some plan that he's afraid will be exposed!"

"Flop—"

The two men quickened their pace and tried to escape from here, but the commoner in front of them, at this critical moment, fell to the ground under the burden.

"Damn it! Let's go!"

The soldier cursed inwardly, looked at his companion, and immediately decided to abandon the sick people and evacuate first.

They don’t want to face the terrifying Li Kuan!

If Huizhen's conspiracy is exposed, not only will they be living a life worse than death, but even their parents, wives and children will be implicated. You must know that Huizhen, like Yanshou, is not a merciful person!

"strangeness!"

Li Kuan rushed over and saw only one person lying on the ground, while the other two had already escaped and disappeared on the street.

"Who are you?"

He glanced at the man lying on the ground and saw that he was lying there face down. When Li Kuan asked him questions, he remained silent.

"Um.……"

The man seemed to wake up and let out a series of groans.

Li Kuan turned the man over and kicked away the black cloth covering his face.

In an instant, the man's true face was exposed in the air.

His face was covered with pustules and scars! He was clearly a patient! No wonder he kept groaning!
"Huh? This is... smallpox?!"

Li Kuan observed it carefully, and some dusty information suddenly popped up from the depths of his mind.

The person in front of him is clearly infected with smallpox!

The smallpox virus was an incurable disease that was feared by people in ancient China and even the whole world!
For thousands of years, countless people have died tragically from the smallpox virus, and the way they died is unbearable to watch!
In the pigtail dynasty in history, an emperor named Kangxi almost died of smallpox when he was a child!

"How could smallpox appear here at this time?"

Li Kuan suddenly thought of something. The Tang army had just captured the Goguryeo royal city, and this situation had just occurred. If someone said that this was just a coincidence, he would not believe it!

If it was a coincidence, why did those two people slip away so quickly without any problems?
"It seems that these people from Goguryeo are still not very honest..."

Li Kuan looked at the man who was still groaning, his eyes became deeper and deeper, with a hint of murderous intent faintly revealed.

He called a few guards, took the smallpox patient back and treated him properly, then walked towards where Guo Shoujing was.

………………

In a courtyard to the west of the Goguryeo royal city.

"Why are there only two of you back? Where is the person you are in charge of?"

Huizhen said with a frown as she looked at the two soldiers who arrived late.

The two men lowered their heads and remained silent, as if they were thinking about how to absolve themselves of responsibility.

"Did something unexpected happen?!"

Hui Zhen's face was a little gloomy. He didn't want his plan to be exposed before it was even implemented!
"General... we ran into Li Kuan on the way, so..."

A soldier couldn't stand the pressure and spoke cautiously.

In his opinion, it was not their fault. It was normal for them to be exposed in front of Li Kuan.
"Met Li Kuan?!"

A trace of panic flashed in Hui Zhen's eyes when she heard that. With Li Kuan's keen sense of smell, he would definitely discover something when he saw the performance of these two pieces of trash!
"Everyone else, proceed as planned! If anything goes wrong again! You know the consequences!"

"Yes!"

Fearing that the matter would be exposed and unable to continue, Huizhen could only grit his teeth and let his men disperse as soon as possible, and get things done before Dayan could take precautions. "You two! Stay!"

The two soldiers saw Huizhen assigning everyone to go out, and thought that they were temporarily pardoned, so they followed the crowd out as if they had been pardoned. Unexpectedly, they were stopped by Huizhen.

"General... General... I don't know why you kept us here?"

The two of them trembled slightly and lowered their heads, not daring to look at Huizhen.

"You almost ruined my good fortune, how dare you still live in this world?"

Huizhen suddenly placed his hand on the big knife at his side, and then uttered sinister words.

"No! Run!"

Only then did the two realize that Huizhen had never intended to let them go!
Thinking "Oh no!", they quickly raised their heads and tried to turn around and run away.

Sure enough! As soon as they raised their heads, they saw the sharp blade was already suspended in the air, and their pupils quickly expanded!
"Forehead!"

One soldier failed to dodge and the sharp blade hit his head directly.

The scream only lasted for a moment before it stopped abruptly. He fell to the ground with unwillingness in his eyes.

"what!!!"

The other man managed to dodge the first knife, and stumbled towards the door in fear.

"Puff--"

He had just reached the gate and was fumbling with the bolt with his hands. He did not hear any footsteps pursuing him from behind, and a look of joy appeared on his face.

However, just when he thought he had escaped, a whistling sound came rushing towards him, and when he turned around, a big knife pierced into his body.

“Why…why…”

He widened his eyes, as if questioning why Huizhen was so cold-hearted.

"You know, it's too much!!"

………………

"Is this true?"

In the commander's tent, Guo Shoujing put down the pen in his hand and frowned.

As the prime minister of a country, what he worried about most was not the invasion of foreign enemies, but the prevalence of various natural disasters!
A locust plague would cause the crops that the people had worked so hard to grow to be completely destroyed, and would subsequently lead to various unrests, but that would be a relatively long period of time, giving the court some time to buffer and prepare.

But the plague is different. Once it breaks out, it will spread extremely quickly and have a real effect on people, making them suffer unbearable pain!
"Although this is just my guess, it is most likely the work of the Goguryeo people. They have big plans."

Li Kuan's face did not look very good. Such a despicable method could not be done by Goguryeo, but by his Dayan soldiers?
"How shameless! They have abandoned their own people without any regard! Such behavior is not worthy of the name of beast!"

Guo Shoujing felt a little scared when he thought of the tragic purgatory scene when the plague was rampant.

If it is not handled properly, the dead will lie on the road together, and the living will wail in the streets!
There must be countless people whose entire families were wiped out. If there were any survivors, people would not dare to approach them for fear of infection, and would just pick up sticks and beat them to add insult to injury!
"If it was really the Goguryeo people who did it, we are in the open and they are in the dark, what should we do? Even if we try our best, the plague will break out in a moment, and by then it will be too late."

Guo Shoujing stood up and paced back and forth in front of the desk. The situation was unclear. If the plague had already spread to the soldiers of Dayan, and the army was gathering outside the city, the consequences would be disastrous if an outbreak occurred!
Your Majesty! The army is well-defended, so I don't think the plague will infiltrate so quickly.

But this Goguryeo royal city, I'm afraid...
Li Kuan tapped lightly on the table in front of him and fell into deep thought.

"At the beginning of the plague, there shouldn't be many people infected. We should search everywhere in the city to find the infected people and control them! Of course, the mastermind behind this must also be found!"

He suddenly raised his head, and a cold light flashed from his eyes.

To cause trouble at this time would be a challenge to the authority of Dayan!

"Yes! This incident happened in the capital of Goguryeo, right under the nose of the King of Goguryeo. Even if he didn't do it, if he can't handle it well, he won't have to continue to be the King of Goguryeo!"

Guo Shoujing paused and nodded slightly. As long as the source of the plague was cut off before it broke out on a large scale, he could rest assured!
"This time, the time for the army to return to the court..."

Guo Shoujing had a headache. He had originally planned to let the army rest before returning to the capital, but now a plague suddenly broke out, catching him off guard!
"Master Guo, I'm afraid that the return date will be delayed... The specific situation is still unclear. If the army has been infected, if it is not dealt with in time, the consequences will be serious!"

The military camps are densely populated, and the soldiers eat and live together. If we leave it alone, if one person is infected, everyone will be infected!

If we return to Dayan, we will only bring back severe disasters! Let the people of Tang Dynasty suffer this disaster!

"Someone, come! Tell the King of Goguryeo! Tell Chen Qingzhi!"

Guo Shoujing did not hesitate any longer and called Chen Qingzhi to come and put him in charge of the search.

………………

In the west of the city, outside a temporary camp where the soldiers of Dayan were stationed, several figures were walking in a hurry. They were one of the groups assigned by Huizhen.

"General...if I do as I say, my whole family..."

The smallpox patient, who was wrapped tightly, trembled slightly, looked at the camp over there with some fear, and then turned around and spoke to the people behind him.

"Humph! If you can't do it well, you know the consequences!"

One of the Goguryeo soldiers snorted coldly. If things went wrong, not only would this man's family be killed, but even they would die tragically under Huizhen's knife!
"Go ahead! Be smart! Don't mess it up!"

Several soldiers hid in the dark, watching the commoner trembling and walking slowly towards that direction.

"Stop! What are you doing?!"

A distance of several hundred meters is not very long, but the sick people walked extremely slowly. This scene quickly attracted the attention of the soldiers of Dayan.

In broad daylight, the man was not only wrapped tightly, but also trembling as he walked towards them very slowly.

How could they believe it if I said there was nothing fishy?
The commoner was frightened by the cold shout and stopped for a moment, but he seemed to be aware of several unfriendly gazes behind him not far away, and walked over again without any hesitation.

"I told you to stop! Didn't you understand? If you dare to go any further, I will kill you without mercy!"

When the soldiers saw this, they raised their weapons nervously.

There is something weird about this person, they have to be on guard!
The people stopped walking when they heard this, but they still said nothing.

"You two! Go see what's going on!"

After hesitating for a while, a young general of Dayan pointed at the two soldiers beside him and said.

"Yes!"

The two looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and slowly approached the man.

"Forehead"

When the two got closer, the moaning sounds reached their ears.

"Who are you? What is your intention here?!"

Although the two men were a little confused, they still asked while waving their swords.

(End of this chapter)