Rebirth of the eldest daughter

Chapter 1381 Breaking into a cold sweat

It’s just such a small village, how many people are there in total?
Even if there are any signs, they can be curbed quickly.

Bai Mingwei had just said these few words when everyone became quiet.

Even if there were people who were dissatisfied and unwilling to follow the arrangements, no one dared to show it.

Everyone chose to obey in desperation and panic, and were quickly taken care of by the guards.

Soon, the guards also brought the news of their recent seizure.

"Master, Old Li mainly sells water to Yuan Town. He has not bought any meat recently. There are traces of dragging and blood at the back door of his house. I guess the meat is wild game he picked up from the mountains."

"Those who interact with him on a daily basis include not only his neighbors, but also his daughter who married into the next village. Our subordinates also found meat at his daughter's home. To be on the safe side, his daughter's entire family has been put under surveillance."

Bai Mingwei frowned slightly: "Yuan Town... that's a dock."

The guard gave a positive reply: "My lord, that's right. Although it's just an inconspicuous wharf, the ships that come and go on a daily basis only sell goods that the people need on a daily basis."

“Because it’s small and sells daily necessities, it’s not easy to be noticed, but this pier has many people coming from all over the world.”

"The biggest hidden danger is the hawkers who come here from time to time to do some small business. They run around for a living. If they are infected with the disease, the consequences will be disastrous."

Upon hearing this, Bai Mingwei just nodded slightly.

Whether it is Yuanzhen or Old Li, everything is carefully selected and calculated.

Because of the special nature of Yuanzhen, it became a target.

And because Old Li sold water to Yuan Town, he was chosen.

And it cannot be said whether it is timely now. If Chongyuan had not arrived and no one noticed the abnormality of the meat, she would not have thought that Beiyan would use such means, and naturally she would not be able to track down Old Li.

By then, the epidemic will have completely broken out and become out of control before they will react.

It's too late to say anything now. The only thing we can do is to make amends.

Thinking of this, Bai Mingwei opened his mouth and ordered: "Go and see why the doctor hasn't arrived yet, and bring them here quickly."

She could basically conclude that Old Li's condition was an unusual epidemic.

The reason we need a doctor to come now is to get a clear diagnosis from him.

In this way, the garrison can be urgently mobilized to control the situation without having to send Brother Seven out on a mission.

The guard went to do it immediately.

At this time, Xiao Chongyuan spoke up: "Even if Beiyan wanted to cover up the characteristics of the epidemic back then, some words were still leaked."

"It is said that the disease started very quickly. People first felt a little unwell, then vomited violently. After vomiting out the food in their stomach, they began to have repeated fevers."

"Once you have a fever, you will become weak and exhausted; most importantly, patients with a fever will not die immediately, but will die in the torture of repeated fevers."

Bai Mingwei remained silent and did not directly respond to Xiao Chongyuan's words.

As a well-read woman, she had certainly seen these records before. That was why she concluded so quickly that this epidemic was exactly the same as the one that broke out in Northern Yan that year.

After a moment, she suddenly spoke:
"I think that those diseased things must have been preserved by them using special methods, and brought to Dongling to wait for an opportunity to act. Otherwise, they wouldn't have acted so quickly."

"I guess they didn't intend to use it originally, but our people sought death on their own and wanted to cultivate the plague, which gave Beiyan inspiration."

"With the groundwork laid by those people, it was effortless for Yuan Wu and his men to poison the place."

"Even if we know now that it was Beiyan who did it, Beiyan can still shirk responsibility. By then, we won't even have a legitimate reason to bring an army to Beiyan to question them."

Xiao Chongyuan was silent.

Who said no?
If Northern Yan rashly poisons and is discovered, there is a high possibility of another war.

Beiyan is in a weak position now, and it is not their intention to be caught and attacked.

But since the people of Dongling had done something themselves, it would be natural for Beiyan to poison them. Even if they were discovered, what would it matter?

It's totally shirkable.

When things get out of hand, everything will be exposed and presented to the world.

Where the people’s will leads, justice will prevail.

It is definitely not the case that those Dongling rulers who planned the outbreak of the epidemic for the sake of profit.

Bai Mingwei continued, "Without a major disaster, that thing won't work very well. It can only spread quickly into a disaster if it is thrown into a devastated land."

"The fact that they brought this thing with them shows that the great wizard of Beiyan must have deduced that a natural disaster was about to befall Dongling, so he made such preparations."

"My master's deduction skills are the best in the world. When the war in the northern border was about to happen, she also reminded my grandfather. But for some reason, she didn't mention a word about this natural disaster."

Xiao Chongyuan said firmly: "I don't think that Master Dongji deliberately concealed this matter. The biggest possibility is that he did not make any deductions in this regard."

Bai Ming lowered his eyelashes slightly.

The only possibility she could think of was that her master revealed too many secrets in order to help her decipher her fate, which backfired and caused him to lose his skills, so he was unable to foresee the occurrence of this disaster.

Naturally, she would not doubt her master's intentions.

Thinking of this, she said, "If this epidemic cannot be controlled, everything Your Highness has done during his trip to Jiangbei will be in vain, and the people who have just survived the disaster will be put in danger again."

As she said this, she said in a resolute tone: "I will never allow this to happen."

Xiao Chongyuan was silent for a while, then asked her, "Are you more determined to support Liu Yao?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Mingwei suddenly turned around and looked at Xiao Chongyuan.

Xiao Chongyuan asked this question calmly.

But it made her break out in a cold sweat.

(End of this chapter)