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A piece of news spread in Changyuan County:

It was said that the local gentry and wealthy businessmen were greedy and occupied the people's land, forcing them to become tenants, increasing rent and taxes, and making it impossible for many people to survive.

It is said that in recent decades, countless people have been forced to death in Changyuan County. The souls of the dead people are hovering over Changyuan County and are about to take revenge on the gentry and wealthy families.

He also said that if these wealthy gentry refused to change their current practices, they would be punished by heaven. At the very least, they would lose everything they had, and at worst, their families would be destroyed. The only way to avoid this disaster was to return the land to the people and comfort the souls of the dead.

Some people even spread a mysterious story, saying that a master passed by Changyuan County, looked from afar, and found that the sky above Changyuan County was shrouded in a dark and resentful aura, which was the souls of the dead people.

Rumors are more ferocious than a tiger.

With Shi Lidie's deliberate promotion, the news spread like wildfire in Changyuan County. Many people would look up at the sky when they went out to see if there were any wronged souls lingering there.

The common people were afraid, but the rich gentry did not care.

They gathered together to drink and have fun, and even boasted:

"What wronged spirits, what grievances? If there were such things, they would have come to find me long ago. My ancestors have been rooted in Changyuan County for generations, and I have never seen any wronged spirits come to my door to claim lives!"

"That's right. In my opinion, this is just a gimmick made up by the princess who guards the country! She feels sorry for those peasants and wants them to have their own land, but why should she sacrifice our interests?"

"Woman, you have long hair but little knowledge. We have the support of the officials in the capital behind us. Isn't she afraid of offending the officials by doing this? She is a princess from another family. The emperor loves her, so she is the princess. If he pushes her too far, he will abolish her. Let's see how she can still be so arrogant!"

"Come on, come on, drink some wine! Let's not talk about her today! When she fails to achieve what she wants here, she will naturally leave in disgrace!"

"..."

This group of wealthy gentry drank and ate meat and returned home with great pleasure, and what they said in the restaurant was also spread.

The people of Changyuan County already hated them for occupying land and exploiting the lower classes. After hearing this, they were furious. They also felt sorry for Shi Lidie, who was wholeheartedly working for the welfare of the people but was insulted by this group of people.

Just when everyone was discussing about uniting together to seek justice from the gentry and wealthy families, they heard that something had happened.

Overnight, everyone in these wealthy gentry's homes, from parents and uncles to children and grandchildren, as well as the maids and shopping women in the mansions, all fell ill.

Their bodies and faces were covered with red rashes, and they had no strength at all. If they moved a little, they would feel nauseous and vomit. They felt dizzy and couldn't eat anything.

The wealthy locals immediately went to see a doctor, and the result was:

Infected with plague.

When this result came out, the whole Changyuan County was in an uproar.

Changyuan County has never suffered from a disaster, nor has there been a large-scale death toll. It has been stable throughout the dynasties. Although the people's lives have been a bit harder, there have been very few natural and man-made disasters.

How come I was suddenly infected with the plague?

More importantly, the source of the plague in other places was either dirty beggars' dens or mass graves with piles of corpses. In any case, such dirty and messy places are prone to breeding epidemics.

But this time, the plague originated from the homes of wealthy country gentry!

How is this possible? Is this really a punishment from God?

It is because these wealthy gentry and families in the past crazily enclosed land and forced the common people to death, so they have been punished by God?

The wealthy gentry did not believe in any divine punishment and just asked the doctor to prescribe medicine as soon as possible.

But the doctors insisted that it was a plague and they could not prescribe the appropriate medicine in a short time.

The magistrate of Changyuan County immediately ordered the city gates to be blocked, forcing no one to enter or leave, to prevent the plague from spreading. If the plague caused large-scale deaths in his jurisdiction, he would not be responsible for this crime.

After the city was sealed off, the people of Changyuan County were suddenly in a state of panic.

Everyone hid at home, not daring to go out easily, just watching quietly -

On the first day, about seven or eight families fell ill. On the second day, the number increased to more than ten families, and on the third day the number was still increasing.

But without exception, those infected were the wealthy gentry, or those who had killed people but escaped punishment for various reasons.

At this time, another rumor spread in Changyuan County.

It is said that good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be punished with evil. Those with dirty hands should not think that they can escape. There are gods above your heads, and God is watching you. This plague is a punishment from heaven to punish these sinners.

The rumors sounded plausible, and at this moment, the wealthy gentry finally dared not to underestimate it.

This was because the so-called "plague" was only transmitted among the wealthy families in the countryside. If someone who was in cahoots with the corrupt came across it, he would be infected within three hours.

But if he encountered innocent people, those people were innocent and the plague had nothing to do with them, so he would still be fine.

It is precisely because of this kind of differential treatment that the gentry and wealthy families are frightened.

They all asked to see the princess, saying that they were willing to give up their land and return it to the people. They also said that they would use silver to compensate those they had wronged in the past, and they only asked God to retract his punishment.

Shi Lidie began to reorganize these people.

She moved all these "infected" people to the same place, under the pretext of preventing the spread of the infection, and then asked Shen Yanxi to treat these people.

She created Shen Yanxi into a miracle doctor to cooperate with her actions.

As long as the wealthy gentry were sensible and willing to do as she said, Shen Yanxi would give them priority treatment, alleviate their symptoms and make them feel more comfortable.

But if someone was stubborn and insisted on going against her, Shen Yanxi would not even look at them, leaving them dizzy, hungry and uncomfortable.

This kills two birds with one stone——

Shi Lidie rectified the chaos of land enclosure in Changyuan County, cracked down on the unkind and unjust gentry and wealthy families, and returned the land to the people.

Shen Yanxi's body could not bear the long-term treatment of these patients infected with the plague and he collapsed from exhaustion. After treating the last patient, he spat out a mouthful of blood in front of everyone, then fell down and died.

To outsiders, Shen Yanxi was dead.

Two days later, Shi Lidie held a funeral for Shen Yanxi, and at the same time another rumor spread.

It is said that the princess and her husband were wholeheartedly working for the welfare of the people. In order to get the gentry and wealthy families to return their land to the people, they had to treat their illnesses. However, because the husband saved those who should have been punished by heaven, the punishment from heaven backfired on him, and he lost his life at a young age.

After this rumor spread, everyone in Changyuan County believed it.

Because the prince consort looked so young, had been with the princess for more than ten years, and he was a "miracle doctor" who had never been sick. How could he vomit blood and die just after treating the last person?

It must be God who saw that the prince consort saved someone who should have been punished, so he suffered backlash.

But the prince consort is doing this for the sake of the people!

For a time, Shen Yanxi's reputation in Changyuan County reached its peak.