Chen Qu glanced at Ma Zhiyuan. He knew that before Ma Zhiyuan asked him to come here, he had already thought about how to deal with these people.

Looking at the corpses all over the ground, Chen Qu suddenly realized that human life was like an ant, and he couldn't help but feel at all.

What did these villagers in front of you do wrong to bring about today's disaster?

The yamen runners went to clean up the bodies on the ground, but the children were blocked by the old man and there was no sound at all at this moment.

Soon, all the bodies were moved to the village.

Soon, the blazing fire illuminated half of the sky.

"Mr. Chen, let's have something to eat." Ma Zhiyuan patted Chen Qu on the shoulder and walked past him with a smile.

Chen Qu withdrew his gaze and followed Ma Zhiyuan.

Now he has no way back.

Even though he knew that there was a dead end ahead, he had to continue moving forward.

The yamen runners have no appetite.

After all, I just saw that some people died in front of me, and few people could have a meal without any fluctuations in their hearts.

"Mr. Chen County Magistrate, there is a fire here. The emperor will definitely ask tomorrow. He may even come here to investigate. Do you think about how to deal with it?" Ma Zhiyuan ate almost the same food, put down the bowls and chopsticks, and looked at the burning in front of him.

The fire asked Chen Qu.

Chen Qu looked up, looked at the fire in front of him, and said, "If the lower official stops the emperor from coming, the emperor will definitely be confused."

"The best way is to take the initiative to report this to the emperor."

"Although the emperor would be angry, he would not dare to go to the village for a sudden plague."

"So this matter is not difficult to solve."

Ma Zhiyuan looked at Chen Qu and nodded slowly.

As long as he knew that the village was plague, even if the emperor wanted to come and investigate, Li Ke would not agree.

"Remember to be more profound when apologizing tomorrow."

"Let's stay here tonight. How embarrassed you are, the more the emperor will not say anything tomorrow." Ma Zhiyuan said with a smile.

Chen Qu nodded in response and looked into the distance, but saw several yamen runners walking over from the darkness.

"Mr. County Magistrate, I didn't catch that person."

"But I found the lost letter where the man stayed." The yamen runner walked back and handed several letters to Chen Qu.

Before Chen Qu could reach out, Ma Zhiyuan snatched it away.

When I opened the letter, it was indeed my previous letter, and Ma Zhiyuan showed joy on his face.

"What's going on over there?" Ma Zhiyuan asked the yamen runners.

"Report to Governor Ma, the old man in the village took us there, but he didn't see the trace of that person. He just found a small pit where he stayed."

"These things are hidden in the pit."

"We have killed him, that old man."

"Don't worry, Governor Ma." The yamen runner and Ma Zhiyuan said.

Ma Zhiyuan nodded. The yamen runner in front of him was arranged by Ma Zhiyuan to Chen Qu.

Ma Zhiyuan believed in his loyalty to him.

"It's probably because the man was worried that it was unsafe to carry things on his body, so he hid the things there."

"Now that thing has been retrieved, there is no evidence for that man."

"But since he dares to betray us, he can't make it easier."

"Mr. Chen, you can issue a wanted order to the public and catch him, regardless of life or death." Ma Zhiyuan said to Chen Qu with a smile on his face.

Chen Qu breathed a sigh of relief too.

Retrieve the things back, that's the safest thing.

Otherwise, they would have to worry about their affairs being known to the emperor at any time.

If the emperor really knew everything, no one could survive.

Even their family will be implicated.

"Don't worry, Governor Ma, I will ask someone to issue a wanted order tomorrow to arrest that person." Chen Qu nodded with a smile.

Throw the letter in his hand into the bonfire in front of him, and the seedlings burned the letter quickly.

Ma Zhiyuan stood up, looked at the fire in front of him, waved his hand to Chen Qu, and then disappeared into the darkness with a few yamen runners.

...

The emperor woke up the next day and saw Chen Qu kneeling at the door of his room in a mess.

"Your Majesty, I am guilty." Chen Qu knelt on the ground and howled to the emperor.

The emperor was also confused by Chen Qu's moment.

"Where is Chen Aiqing making trouble?" The emperor glanced at Li Ke next to him and asked Chen Qu again.

"Your Majesty, a plague occurred in the village in the south suburbs of the county town, and everyone in the village died of the plague."

"I was busy in the village all night last night, and I really couldn't stop the spread of the plague, so I had to come up with a bad idea and burn the entire village with a fire."

"Your Majesty, I am guilty, I am incompetent, and I cannot save them." Chen Qu said to the emperor in tears.

Both eyes were covered with blood, their eyes were red, and tears were flowing out.

When the emperor heard that a village was burned by fire, his head paused for a brief moment.

Then he looked at Chen Qu, and seeing him in this way, he didn't know where to blame him for a moment.

"Get up first, go over and take a look with me first." The emperor and Chen Qu said.

Chen Qu nodded and retreated aside.

The emperor had no time to wash his face and hurriedly ran out.

Li Ke followed the emperor, and the soldiers of the Northern Imperial Army, who were responsible for the emperor's safety, also followed.

The emperor and his party soon arrived at the village in the south of the city.

When you see it, you will see the wounds.

The entire village was completely burned into coke, and several dark corpses were completely burned into a small ball.

"How could this happen?" the emperor frowned.

The villages with nearly a hundred people died in one day?

"Your Majesty, I'm late, I'm sorry for your crime." Ma Zhiyuan ran over with sweat on his face and accused the emperor of guilt.

The emperor just glanced at him, and then his eyes fell on the corpse in front of him.

"Li Ke, go and see what's wrong with these corpses." The emperor felt that this was extremely strange.

I have been here for two days, and a plague broke out suddenly.

And the whole village set fire at once?

"Your Majesty, the plague is dangerous. I don't know if the plague will be burned by the fire. If there is still a plague, wouldn't Your Highness the King of Shu..." Ma Zhiyuan quickly stopped Li Ke from investigating the body.

Ma Zhiyuan was worried that Li Ke followed Zhao Chen for a long time, and it was rumored that Zhao Chen was very capable. If Li Ke really learned something, he could see something, then...

The emperor seemed to hesitate when Ma Zhiyuan stopped him.

Seeing this, Chen Qu immediately spoke out again and said, "Your Majesty, there are coroners in Ninggu County, let them investigate the situation."

"If anything is strange, I will report it to Your Majesty again."

Chen Qu said this, and the emperor didn't know whether it was a real plague or a fake plague in front of him.

What if it is a real plague, what should I do if Li Ke gets infected?

Thinking about it, the emperor sighed helplessly and waved his hand and said, "It's better to do what you said and let the coroner perform an autopsy."

The emperor circled around but found nothing.

Ma Zhiyuan followed the emperor tightly and kept persuading the emperor to leave early.

Li Ke was also worried that something was really wrong here. If the emperor was really infected with the plague, he would not have the medical skills of Zhao Chen.

When something happened, Li Ke was really powerless.
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