After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 1104 The spy is nurturing pathogens [2]

“Deputy General Lang, Uncle Ahe, I have no evidence and cannot explain to you what rodent pathogens are.”

Jiang Dalang looked at them and said, "I can only tell you that the spies in the Eastern Desert are not raising rats to eat rat meat, but raising germs."

"This bacterium grows on rodents, which are the first-generation hosts."

"What the hell? What host? What kind of bacteria are you cultivating?" Deputy General Lang was completely dumbfounded, looking like he had seen a ghost.

Jiang Dalang/Sheng Ting smiled bitterly to himself, increasingly understanding Su Su and Yun Fu... Different eras, different educations, and things they had never seen before—no matter how they explained it, it was useless.

"Deputy General, I swear on my life that there is a very high possibility that the spies from the Eastern Desert are cultivating a plague in the old village. This plague is related to rats, so please report this suspicion immediately, and it would be best to inform the entire Wei Kingdom so that the whole Wei Kingdom can take measures to prevent and control the plague!"

Ah this?

"Alright, I'll write a letter right away and have the scouts send it out of the mountains to report to General Liang. But we have no evidence, and no infected patients, so you'd better not even think about reporting this to the whole of Wei." Deputy General Lang trusted Jiang Dalang, so even without evidence, he agreed to report it for him.

But the civil officials in the capital would not trust Jiang Dalang. They didn't even trust General Liang. Without any evidence, they claimed that the spies had spread the plague in the mountains and that the entire Wei Dynasty should take precautions against it. Their Wei army could be impeached to death by the civil officials!

"Thank you for your trouble, Uncle Lang." Jiang Dalang thanked him and then said to Uncle Ahe, "Uncle Ahe, the No. 1 cave has been burned down, and most of the germs have been killed. But it is hard to guarantee that the spies who escaped will release diseased rats in the mountains. We must immediately inform all the villages in the mountains to carry out plague prevention and rat extermination."

Uncle Ahe: "Killing rats is easy, but what about preventing plagues? How do you prevent them? Do you have any remedies?"

Without examining patients and knowing their symptoms, it's impossible to even prescribe the right medicine, let alone prevent or treat the disease.

In his past life, Jiang Dalang/Sheng Ting didn't like listening to Su Su talk about things that hadn't happened, regarding them as empty talk and that she was overthinking things. So, at this moment, he also didn't know how to prevent and control the plague.

All I know is that "high temperatures can kill many plague germs, so let the mountain people boil water and boil their clothes and bedding."

Ah this?

Deputy General Lang and Uncle Ahe looked at him with difficulty: "Big Brother, even if this order is passed down, I'm afraid half of the mountain people won't do it."

Boil water to cook clothes and bedding?
Unless the Wei army is holding the emperor's edict, carrying swords, standing at the door of the mountain people's homes, and watching them do as they are told, it is impossible to carry it out completely.

"Deputy General, Uncle Ahe, I have said everything I need to say. I hope everyone will strictly follow my instructions, or you will bear the consequences." Jiang Dalang/Sheng Ting was no longer the emperor and could not command the people to obey with a single sentence. This was all he could say.

As for what happens next, let's leave it to fate.

In dealing with plagues, dynasties throughout history have indeed only been able to leave it to fate.

After hearing this, Uncle Ahe believed Jiang Dalang even more.

Having known Jiang Dalang for so long, he had come to understand him quite well. This young man never spoke nonsense, and if he did speak, there was a 90% chance of it; otherwise, he wouldn't have said a word at all.

"...Deputy General Lang, Dalang, please come with me to talk to the mountain people about this. As for whether they believe it or not, whether they do it or not, and what the consequences will be, they will be responsible for themselves. The mountain people will not blame you. If anyone is to blame, it is the beasts of Dongmo!" Uncle Ahe's heart sank, and he decided to treat it as a real matter, regardless of whether it was true or not.

"Big Brother, let's go with Old Crane to see the mountain people." Deputy General Lang made the final decision, and went with Jiang Dalang and Uncle Ahe to the open space in front of the old village's Azu residence complex to see the mountain people.

Boom boom boom!
After beating the drums and gathering the mountain people, they told them about the spy's alleged practice of raising rats and germs in a cave in the No. 1 mountain.

After a moment of silence, the mountain people erupted in a cacophony of angry curses: "Those beasts from the Eastern Desert! Not only have they changed our customs and traditions, kidnapped our people to be slaves, killed our people, and desecrated our sacred old village, but they've even started spreading plague in our village! They're worse than beasts!"

"What should we do? What if a plague really breaks out in our mountains?"

"Waaaaah, I don't want to die... If I'm going to die, I have to kill a few beasts from the Eastern Desert first!" Thump thump thump!
The war drums sounded again.

Deputy General Lang said, "Fellow villagers in the mountains, do not be afraid. This is just a speculation and may not actually be a plague!"

But the mountain people were still desperate, and many of them had red eyes with anger.

"I'm not staying behind. I'm going to hunt down the escaped spies and kill them!"

"Why? We've never harmed Dongmo, so why are the Dongmo people doing this to us? We've been living peacefully in the mountains, but they come here to harm us. Did we desecrate their ancestral graves in our past lives?!"

Wailing and sobbing filled the old village.

The mountain people were truly aggrieved and couldn't understand why they had encountered such a tragedy when they hadn't offended anyone or sought any benefit from it.
Jiang Dalang said, "Aggression has never had a reason, only a purpose. The purpose of Dongmo is to invade the Great Wei, slaughter people, seize land, and plunder property!"

"So don't dwell on these useless issues, and immediately focus on epidemic prevention and control, as well as cleaning up the mess in the mountains."

Deputy General Lang also said, "Yes, yes, mountain people, stop crying. Now is not the time to cry. Get moving and boil your clothes and bedding to kill the plague."

“We share the same ancestors and lineage. Even if an epidemic breaks out in the mountains and people can no longer live there, you can still go outside the mountains to live. There is a way to survive. Don’t despair!”

After some persuasion from Deputy General Lang and a scolding from the village chief and Aunt Wen, the villagers finally cheered up and gathered around Uncle Ahe, the mountain doctor, and the military doctor to listen to their instructions on how to prevent and control the plague.

Deputy General Lang wrote a letter to General Liang, informing him that the spies from the Eastern Desert were suspected of raising plague in the mountains, and that a plague outbreak might occur in the future.

Jiang Dalang was also writing a letter to Qin Xiaomi outside the mountain, informing her that there might be a plague inside the mountain... He didn't dare to write "plague," only "epidemic," for fear that Qin Xiaomi would discover his identity and rush into the mountain to kill him.

After writing the letter, Jiang Dalang had his soldiers who had never been to Cave No. 1 copy it and put it in an envelope that had been heated by fire to prevent the spread of infection.

In any case, he didn't want Su Su to get sick.

As for him, he was unsure whether he had contracted the disease after visiting Cave No. 1.

If he gets sick, he'll haunt the Eastern Desert even as a ghost!
Taking advantage of the absence of others, he prayed to heaven and earth, hoping he wouldn't get sick, and that his guess was wrong, so he could return healthy to see Su Su.

……

Whoosh whoosh!
Inside the mountains, Magistrate Qu led his troops to ambush the spies on the road leading to Tianmang Prefecture.

This time, there were several other Wei armies like his that were blocking spies.

Whoosh whoosh!
Arrows rained down, and a large number of fleeing spies fell to the ground.

"There's an enemy attack! Run!" the spy shouted, alerting the Eastern Desert spies who were still out of range.

only……

"Weren't the people of the Eastern Desert supposed to be just as good at fighting as the people of the Western Rong? How come these spies are so useless? Even their voices are so weak, like they're about to die?"

That's right, these spies were the ones abandoned by Shi Junnu, who were suspected of suffering from exhaustion.

Whether they suffered from exhaustion or not, they had been running through the snow all night and were extremely tired. When they were suddenly attacked, they were knocked down by an arrow. This made Qu Tongzhi's troops think that the Eastern Desert was no match for them and that their Wei army could win easily.

"Beware of a trap, keep firing arrows!" Qu Tongzhi ordered.