Chapter 373: Chapter 373: Chu Yuntian Officially Resigns as the Governor of Longnan

Just half a Shichen later, news that even the Imperial Physician was helpless against the epidemic had spread throughout Longnan County Government.

Following that, Chu Yuntian appeared at the entrance of the Governor’s Office and introduced to the people his recurring old illness and how Qi Yue had treated him, while he vehemently denounced Feng Liang.

His exact words were:

“I have always held Feng Liang in high esteem, but who knew he would seize power while I was ill and even frame Miss Qi. You all saw it, Miss Qi has stayed in Longnan and did not leave; she entered the city when Longnan County Government was in dire straits. If it really were her doing, she wouldn’t have bothered showing up only to provoke a villain like Feng Liang! To speak unpleasantly, with Miss Qi’s character and ability, would she really need to go to such lengths if she were involved in this?”

“… The truth is, it was Feng Liang who truly sought to seize control of Longnan County Government. He has treacherous ambitions and had long aligned with the treacherous Prime Minister, aiming to oust me. My fellow villagers, to tell the truth, ten years ago, this Longnan County Government was indeed the Great General’s. If he had not died, such a great calamity would never have befallen our Longnan County Government! My fellow villagers, Feng Liang has betrayed us; can we still allow him to continue controlling Longnan County Government?”

The people were enraged.

“No!!”

“No!!”

“No!!”

All the people were enraged!

They angrily broke through the soldiers blocking the way and rushed toward the Governor’s Office to confront Feng Liang.

At that time, Feng Liang was discussing with other officials how to handle the subsequent matters when he learned that the people had burst in and ordered the soldiers to charge forth and assassinate them.

Hei Lie, who had already placed people among the crowd, immediately shouted upon seeing this.

“Do not shed blood; the blood of the people can spread the disease!”

Upon hearing this, the soldiers immediately dropped their spears and knives.

Those already positioned among the people also started to shout.

“Fellow villagers, why should only we get sick? They should too!”

“Charge, kill the corrupt officials!”

“Charge, drown them with spit…”

The already agitated crowd, upon this incitement, became like a weapon loaded with explosives, furiously charging at the soldiers at the entrance of the Governor’s Office.

The soldiers, fearing being infected and turning into Frozen Men, all retreated repeatedly, and some clever ones simply fled.

With no one to stop them, the angry people broke into the Governor’s Office and surged into the main hall.

Little did they know that Feng Liang and the others had already been informed and had fled from the backyard.

The people took over the Governor’s Office and started discussing inviting Chu Yuntian to take charge.

Soon, someone went to invite Chu Yuntian, hoping he would regain control of the situation.

However, Chu Yuntian did not come; it was Tan Cheng who arrived, bringing the Governor’s Seal and a letter of resignation.

“From today onward, Chu Yuntian officially resigns from the position of Governor of Longnan, handing it over to someone capable of rescuing Longnan County Government!”

After Tan Cheng finished reading the letter of resignation, he left the Governor’s Office.

This left the crowd puzzled and they began to discuss among themselves.

“Does Lord Chu mean he is also powerless to save us?”

“Yes, if even Lord Chu can’t manage, then who can!”

“Of course, there is someone, think about it–our Longnan County Government does have a remarkable person!”

“Who?”

“Who else but the genius War God, Zhao Xiyan!”

“Right, right, right, Lord Zhao previously defeated the people from Donggao and saved us!”

“I heard that Lord Zhao and the Divine Doctor are now married, as long as he controls the Longnan County Government, the Divine Doctor will also forgive us, she’ll definitely save us!”

“Yes, that’s right, let’s hurry and ask Lord Zhao to take over the Governor Seal!”

“….”

In reality, the thoughts of the common people were very simple.

No matter who controlled the Longnan County Government, as long as they had food, drink, and a sense of security, it was enough.

What did it matter whether they rebelled or felt awkward about their identity?

At that moment, they only thought of Zhao Xiyan’s formidable combat power and Qi Yue’s superb medical skills!

Thus, with Chu Yuntian’s groundwork laid beforehand, and with Hei Lie’s people secretly guiding, events quickly moved in the expected direction.

However, they obviously overlooked one person, and that was the fleeing Feng Liang.

Knowing that the situation was dire, he immediately rode to the new military camp, followed by some officials as well.

Upon arriving at the camp, he took over the entire camp in the name of Prime Minister Lin.

Stationed within The Great Wall in the new military camp were no less than one hundred eighty thousand new recruits.

The camp also had enough provisions and money for a year, all previously levied by Hu Keqing, which had angered the people of Longnan at the time.

As Feng Liang inspected warehouse after warehouse and the soldiers in training, he was exceedingly exhilarated!

Now all this belonged to him!

He immediately wrote a letter and dispatched a messenger soldier to the Capital City.

“Make sure to speed with all haste, and deliver the letter to the Prime Minister’s hands. Ask the Prime Minister to send troops and doctors!”

In fact, the messenger soldier he sent had barely left the territory of the Longnan County Government when he was stopped by the neighboring Dengzhou army.

It turned out the news of the plague within the Longnan County Government had already spread far and wide.

Dengzhou’s Governor, Hao Dayong, worried that the people of Dengzhou would also get infected, immediately ordered the blockade of the passages between the two counties and completely prohibited persons from Longnan County Government from entering Dengzhou!

The helpless messenger soldier had no choice but to return.

Upon hearing the situation, Feng Liang was nearly infuriated to death!

But he didn’t give up and wrote several more letters, dispatching messenger soldiers in three different directions: south, west, and north.

Some of these messenger soldiers took water routes, and others crossed mountains; finally, someone reached the Capital City.

But by then, the Capital City was already on full alert, and the messenger soldier couldn’t even enter.

Luckily, a soldier on the city wall, seeing the pitiful state of the messenger soldier, discreetly informed him of some truths.

Apparently, Zhao Xiyan’s people had already managed to send the news about the Longnan County Government to the Capital City, and the Imperial Court was aware of the situation and had already taken measures.

In the eyes of the nobles in the Capital City, Longnan County Government was merely a barbaric land for exiles, and even the local people were considered barbarians.

To them, these people weren’t worth sending aid for.

Even if everyone in Longnan County Government died, as long as the land remained, it would still serve as their place of exile, which didn’t hinder their plans!

There was even talk in the Imperial Court that they should have the soldiers burn all the infected to eradicate the source of the disease.

As for Prime Minister Lin’s daughter, Lin Keke, she died in a fire unexpectedly soon after being sent to the outskirts.

Thereafter, fires mysteriously started in several places in the capital, killing many people.

It was said that the houses burning belonged to those Imperial Physicians who had been infected.

The terrified messenger soldier simply did not return to Longnan County Government and left the Capital City, his destination unknown.

Anyway, Beiyuan was in complete chaos now, with officials in various places who had a bit of military power wanting to establish themselves as Great Generals or the like.

Wars, famine, countless deaths, anyone could become a bandit in the wild mountains and scrape by.

Of course, this information was later disseminated from Zhao Xiyan’s side.

Looking at the current state of affairs among the four nations, only Zhao Xiyan’s Black Feather Guard had hot air balloons, capable of sending messages to various places very quickly.

Once the news spread, the entire new military camp exploded.

These people had been forced to become soldiers in the first place, and now with the situation as it was, many secretly ran away.

Within a day or two, nearly twenty to thirty thousand soldiers had escaped.

Some fled directly led by their officers.

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