I turned the cold palace into a paradise

Chapter 178 Villagers Poisoned

Song Luo helped to supervise the assessment of the Urban Management Reserve Team. Yun Yue was reading the notice written by Jiang Man.

"Jiang Man, your handwriting is so beautiful. You are indeed a talented woman. Alas, my handwriting is so poor that it is really not good enough!" Yun Yue praised.

Jiang Man smiled shyly: "Thank you for the compliment, Master. Your handwriting has a unique style."

"Hahahaha, that's enough, stop praising me."

"Chu Ren, take this and ask someone to copy more of them and post them at the city gates. It would be best to make a notice board in crowded places on every street, and post any information there in the future." As she spoke, Yun Yue picked up a pen and drew a notice board.

"Find some people to stand at the intersection. Also, recruit some literate people from the guard team to explain the signs first, and then send them back when more people are recruited."

"Okay." Chu Ren took it and went out.

"Jiaojiao, the recruitment of people for the Textile Department is now handed over to you and your aunt. You will be in charge of the assessment."

"Don't worry, mom and I can do it!" Huang Jiaojiao said, patting her chest.

"Song Li, Jiang Man, the matter of recruiting scholars is now left to you." Jiang Man is much better now, and Yun Yue tries her best to arrange some work for her so that her worries can be gradually relieved.

"I need people! I need people!!!" Yun Yue had many ideas, but the prerequisite was to have people.

So the first step is that Yunyue needs to recruit more people.

On that day, people in the city found large signs erected at many intersections.

Then notices were posted and someone was specially assigned to explain the matter to these illiterate people.

"Oh my! Master Yue is hiring! My God, isn't the salary too high?"

"Ah! What kind of people are you recruiting?"

"We are looking for scholars! We also have women who can embroider and weave. The guard just mentioned that I can't wait to become a woman and go to the interview... what interview!"

"Hahahahahahahahaha you can't become a woman, you will only become a eunuch!!"

"Sure, sure! My wife can sew clothes, I'll let her try!"

"Come on, look at the clothes you are wearing, are they presentable? The woman they hired said she would work in Nirvana Cloth Shop, is your wife's craftsmanship up to par?"

"What are you talking about! Do you deserve a beating? I think you're just jealous of me because you don't have a wife!"

"I understand recruiting textile workers, but why recruit scholars?"

"We'll know after we go and take a look! I don't know when Master Yue will recruit other people. We are rough and unsophisticated. We are not women who can weave and embroider, nor are we scholars who can read. I'm really anxious!"

……

But before the assessment could be carried out, something went wrong. A plague broke out in Jinli County in Chengnan Prefecture.

"Plague?" How could it be possible! How could there be a plague when the weather is so cold?

"But County Magistrate Song sent someone to report that, and that's exactly what he said."

Yunyue thought for a moment and said, "Since Divine Doctor Ge is old, he should stay here. Xiyun, come with me to see him."

"Okay." Yu Xiyun stood up immediately.

"No, young master, I am not happy with you doing this!" Doctor Ge was so angry that he blew his beard and glared.

"How can I be considered old? I have seen many plagues, why can't you let me go? And I am not old!"

"Okay, okay, go away! I said the wrong thing, please don't blame me, Mr. Ge." Yun Yue apologized quickly.

Song Li was then arranged to purchase medicines, etc.

"Master, let us go with you." Lingyao, Song Luo and others said.

"No, you stay. First, you have to cooperate with us. If we need any supplies or medicines, you need to arrange them. Second, the recruitment process must proceed normally. This is very important."

Lingyao and others could only let Yunyue and the others leave with worry.

It was already evening when the group hurried over. County Magistrate Song, who had been waiting for a long time, saw the convoy and hurried over to greet it.

"Mr. Prefect, why did you come here in person?"

"Song County Magistrate?" Yun Yue looked at the man who had his eyes covered by a cloth, and asked uncertainly. When she met him years ago, he was still fat, but now he has lost a lot of weight and looks like a county magistrate.

"Yes, it is me." County Magistrate Song quickly took off the cloth on his face.

"Well, what's the situation now?"

"Sir, the plague has been reported in two villages now. Five or six elderly people have died. Some people are starting to spread the word that..." County Magistrate Song was hesitant to speak.

"Passing what?"

“It is rumored…it is rumored that the prefect killed Prefect Lin and took his position, which is against the will of heaven, so the plague was sent down…” County Magistrate Song did not dare to say anything. Now, people in the other two villages where no plague had occurred were clamoring to drive away Young Master Yue.

Yun Yue's eyes flickered.

"Master Ge, let's split up into two groups. You and Xiyun will go to Dashu Village, and I will go to Shangzuo Village."

"Can you do it alone?"

"Sure. I'll ask Cherry Basho to come find you if there's anything."

"it is good."

The two villages are adjacent to each other, making it convenient for them to communicate.

Yunyue took Yingtao Bajiao to Shangzuo Village. On the way, she asked them and the guards to wear masks. Under the leadership of County Magistrate Song, they went to the house with the most serious illness.

But on the way they met a young madman who blocked their way.

"Brother~Food~" The man's face was covered in mud and his cotton-padded jacket was in tatters.

"Go away! Don't block the road." County Magistrate Song drove him away with disdain. Then he explained to Yun Yue, "Sir, this man is a lunatic. He has been mad since he was young. I will drive him away right now."

The madman leaned closer to Yunyue and looked at her as she stretched out her hand: "Eat!!!"

Then he tried to grab her clothes, but was pushed away by the guards.

Yun Yue looked the madman up and down and said, "Stop it, go get him something to eat."

The guard turned around, took a scallion pancake from the carriage and handed it to the madman reluctantly.

The madman wolfed down his food without saying a word and followed them closely. Yun Yue ignored him.

Go straight into the villagers' homes.

At this time, the adults in the family were still somewhat energetic, but several children were already unconscious.

When they saw Yunyue and the others coming, the two adults knelt on the ground and kowtowed, begging: "County magistrate, please save us... We are not plagued, how can we have plague... Please save my children!! "Plague, if there is really a plague these days, they will just be gathered together and burned. They only hope that the county magistrate, who has recently become good, can give them a way out.

"Hurry up and get up! I've brought... a doctor here." County Magistrate Song thought that Yun Yue didn't let him reveal his identity.

"I'm a doctor. Don't worry. Let me check on the children first." Yun Yue ignored them and walked over to check on the children first.

The couple was now at their wit's end, and without caring whether the young man was really a doctor, they quickly made way.

Yunyue sat by the bed and examined the children. She had an idea in mind, but she was not sure yet, so she whispered a few words to Yingtao, who left in a hurry after hearing it.

Yunyue wrote a prescription and gave it to Bajiao, asking her to get the medicine. Then she said to the two adults, "I have prescribed the medicine. I will boil it later. Your symptoms will be relieved after you take it."

"Really, Doc? Are we the plague? Are we going to die?"

"No, because you don't have the plague. You're poisoned!"

"Poisoned?" The couple looked at each other.

"Poisoned?" County Magistrate Song was shocked.

"Yes. Whether it's poisoned or not, we'll know after taking the medicine. Magistrate Song, take me to another house now."

"Oh... okay, okay." County Magistrate Song hurriedly led the way. After the tax refund operation before the New Year, he had already become familiar with these villagers.

Yunyue looked at each family one by one until daybreak.

"Any more?"

"No, that's the village chief's house. The village chief's house is the only one in the whole village that hasn't been... poisoned."

Yun Yue's eyes flashed, and she suddenly asked, "How many wells are there in the village?"

"There seem to be three of them, one at the head and tail of the village, and one at the village chief's home."

"Take people to the wells and surround them. Temporarily, do not allow villagers to drink water from these two wells. Ask them to get water from the village chief's house. Go and tell the village chief that this is an order."

"Your Excellency means that the thieves poisoned the well?"

"It seems to be the case now. Cherry, tell us about the situation in Dashu Village."

"I went to Dashu Village, and the villagers there were in the same situation. Doctor Ge also said that they were not suffering from the plague, but poisoning. And the old man who lived at the end of the village and drank spring water every day was fine, but the others who drank well water were poisoned."

"Thief! Who is so vicious? He poisoned people from two villages!"

"This requires County Magistrate Song to lead people to investigate."