Chapter 904 Please Leave
After both parties sat down, a servant brought them hot tea.
Zhou Shiyue picked up the teacup and gently flicked the tea foam with the lid. Without looking at Lord Zhong, he asked casually.
"Master Zhong, do you recognize me?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me." Lord Zhong said, "Your Majesty and his party are particularly outstanding. When I heard the description of your Majesty after he entered the city yesterday, I felt that he was like your Majesty."
"I have met the prince once before, but the prince didn't pay attention to me at that time."
"Where?" Zhou Shiyue asked.
"Three years ago, the prince passed by a village. At that time, the villagers were attacked by bandits. Those bandits went to the village to cause trouble and rob things during the day. They were driven away by the young and strong men in the village. They held a grudge and sneaked into the village in the middle of the night with the intention of setting fire to the village."
"At that time, the prince was staying nearby overnight. He saw the fire and led people into the village to rescue the villagers and help them save their property. Does the prince remember?"
Qing Feng and the others all remembered.
The weather was dry at that time. When they passed by that area, there happened to be a dilapidated temple. The prince said he was too lazy to go into the village to find someone to stay with.
They spent the night in that dilapidated temple.
As a result, when the wind blew at night, the prince was the first to smell the odor of burning.
I saw a fire in the village.
They immediately rode their horses to rescue him.
The prince caught the bad guys, and they all helped to rescue people and put out the fire.
Although a lot of the house was burned, the people were finally rescued, and most of them were only injured.
At that time, they also heard someone shouting loudly in the chaos, arranging where the injured should go to rest first and where there were people who needed rescue.
Could it be that that person is Lord Zhong?
Zhou Shiyue naturally remembered it too.
"So Lord Zhong was also in that village that night?"
Lord Zhong smiled bitterly, "To be honest with you, Your Highness, that is my hometown. I happened to be back to visit my relatives and was almost burned to death there. It was Your Highness who saved me."
Qing Feng and others were shocked.
"Your hometown is that small village, right?"
"That's right. However, my parents and I have already moved to the town a long time ago, but we still have relatives in the village, and our ancestral graves are also there."
Lord Zhong stood up again when he said this and bowed deeply to Zhou Shiyue, Qingfeng and others.
"I have always wanted to thank the prince and everyone in person for saving my life, but I didn't expect that I would have the chance to do so after several years."
"Did you recognize me at that time?"
"At that time, I heard the guards calling you 'Your Majesty.'"
Therefore, he has been paying attention to the news about King Jin.
I heard before that Prince Jin went to the southwest.
It is not surprising that the King of Jin appears here now. Since he has left the capital, he can go to the southwest and come to the north.
"Yesterday I heard that there was a Miss Lu beside the prince, and I became more certain of the prince's identity."
Zhou Shiyue took a sip of tea and then looked up at him.
Tsk.
He couldn't tell if Zhong Chuang had any illness or bad luck. What a pity.
I don’t know if it’s because he has been with Lu Xiaoer for too long, but when he sees someone, his first reaction is to see if he can see anything.
"Master Zhong asked me to come here. Is there something important?"
"I would like to ask Your Majesty to leave Shuning City as soon as possible."
Lord Zhong’s words made Zhou Shiyue raise his eyebrows.
"Because of those people's illnesses?"
"That's right." Lord Zhong said very seriously, "To be honest with you, Your Highness, those people are very sick, and it's easy to get infected after coming into contact with them."
"Your Majesty, I am considering sealing off Shuning City first, allowing no one to enter but no one to leave."
"Under these circumstances, it is not safe for Your Majesty to stay in the city."
"The prince also saw those two families yesterday. I have had their bodies examined and the food they had eaten. It was found that they had poison in their bodies."
"The food they eat is also poisonous, but the two poisons are quite different. The doctors in Shuning City have not been able to test it clearly yet."
Lord Zhong explained the matter clearly.
"I have had people check on the people who died of the disease before and found that they had all eaten poisonous food, but the food was not the same."
"This morning, six more patients came to the clinic to see the doctor. They all looked pale, had fever, coughed, and had no strength in their bodies. Some even said they had bone pain."
"I infer that there will be more patients in the future, so it is really dangerous for Your Majesty to stay here. Please leave Shuning City as soon as possible."
After listening to his words, Zhou Shiyue took another sip of tea.
Lord Zhong felt very anxious when he saw how he was taking his time and not caring at all.
Because he had seen the prince rush into the burning village to save people a few years ago, and had seen the prince swinging his sword to kill the villains, Lord Zhong was different from others and did not think that Prince Jin was a playboy or a waste.
But even if the prince has martial arts skills, he is still a flesh and blood body and can get sick.
Even if he was not a noble prince, Lord Zhong would not want him to get into trouble here.
If he knew that this place was dangerous and still let the prince stay, wouldn't he be repaying kindness with enmity?
"Your Majesty..."
Lord Zhong wanted to urge Zhou Shiyue to leave quickly.
"How many clinics and doctors are there in Shuning City? How good are their medical skills? Are there any shortages of medicines in the clinics?"
Zhou Shiyue didn't care about what he said about the urgent matter and asked these questions directly.
"Those patients, since the disease is so contagious, have you ever thought about gathering them together first and not letting them run around to avoid infecting others?"
"How are the bodies of the deceased patients handled? Are they allowed to be taken away directly by their relatives for burial?"
"Also, you've heard about the snowstorm in the North City, right? Have you sent anyone to investigate first to see how many victims have come here?"
The more Lord Zhong listened, the more serious his expression became.
Of course he also heard that the prince was not here to play.
The questions the prince asked were all very important.
"There are five clinics and six pharmacies in the city. The largest clinic is near the government office, so today I have asked people to gather all the patients and temporarily place them in that clinic."
Although he was anxious, he still answered Zhou Shiyue's questions one by one in a serious manner.
"For those patients who died, I also sent people to ensure they were properly buried."
"The snowstorm in the northern city is very serious. Some houses in the surrounding towns have collapsed. The reason why the city gates have not been closed is because these people will come into the city. If they are not allowed to enter the city, they will have nowhere to go."
But many of the people who came in were sick.
The government office is short-staffed now, and it is indeed a bit overwhelming to deal with so many things.
What Lord Zhong is most worried about is that these officials will be infected with diseases while busy with these things.
If he falls ill at that time, Shu Ningcheng won’t be able to find anyone to take over.
He was so anxious these two days that he got blisters in his mouth.