Escape after crossing

Xuan Yi did not delay. He tore off the notice, went to the city gate, and knocked hard on the gate with the hilt of his sword. A voice came from inside.

"Stop knocking. The city gates won't open until tomorrow morning. Leave quickly."

"Does the notice on the city gate seeking a doctor count?"

As soon as Xuan finished speaking, the person inside was stunned for a moment and said, "Are you a doctor? This is not a joke, leave now!"

Jiang Ziluo was puzzled. The government had posted a notice seeking a doctor. When they heard that he was a doctor, shouldn't they bring him to treat the patient? Why did they drive him away?

"My young master is a real doctor, I'm not kidding. Open the city gate quickly and don't delay the patient."

The people inside the city gate, hearing this, dared not refuse anymore and ran away directly. This is what Xuan Yi heard through the city gate.

Xuan Yi had sensed that something was fishy here, so he patiently listened to Jiang Ziluo knocking on the door, but he didn't expect it to be like this.

The man guarding the city gate ran to tell them that the captain had gone and they were just following orders.

There was a notice posted on the city gate. If a doctor passing by asked about the situation, they would just scare him and then leave.

The prefect told us not to worry too much and just stick to it. Ordinary doctors were afraid of officials and left in fear.

In addition, the news of plague in Jiangdu City had spread during this period. Even fewer doctors dared to come, but I didn't expect to meet a fearless person tonight.

The person guarding the city gate found the captain, who also had someone behind him, although the above meant that there was no need to worry too much.

But if I can't find any, isn't that unreasonable? I heard that there is a doctor at this time, and he dares to knock on the city gate.

The captain came over with the gatekeeper, and Xuanyi was about to climb over the wall and go in.

"Out there, are you really doctors? If you lie, you can't afford the consequences! Leave now while the prefect doesn't know!"

"Strange, aren't we looking for a doctor? Why aren't we in a hurry now that the doctor is here?" Jiang Ziluo said this deliberately, and his voice was just loud enough for the people inside to hear.

Sure enough, when the people inside the city gate heard this, they asked again, "Are you really doctors?"

Xuan Yi replied, "My son has been studying medicine since he was a child. He is really a doctor." Xuan Yi thought he would have to hesitate for a while, as his patience was almost exhausted.

Unexpectedly, the gate opened and a middle-aged man with a burly figure and average looks appeared, and next to him was a skinny and tall man.

The two men looked at the two people outside the door with some disbelief on their faces, and they couldn't bring themselves to say anything to let them in.

I thought they were doctors, but how come they are already thirty years old? Or even older, I didn't expect them to be so young.

"Captain Wu, are these two men lying? The older one is not even thirty years old, right? Could he be a doctor?" the tall man said to the burly man.

"Where are you from? What are you doing in Jiangdu?" Captain Wu asked Xuan Yi without paying attention to his subordinates' questions.

"We are from Kyoto. We are here just for sightseeing. When we passed by here, we saw the notice posted on the city gate. We thought it was novel, so we took it down and wanted to see it for ourselves."

Jiang Ziluo was afraid that Xuanyi would tell the truth, so he spoke before Xuanyi. It was obvious that something was wrong in the city. If they revealed their identities, they might not be able to find out anything, and they might even be ambushed.

Xuan Yi knew that something must have gone wrong in the city, but he didn't think too much about it for the moment. After Jiang Ziluo finished speaking, Xuan Yi continued.

"My son has been reading medical books and learning from a great doctor since he was young. He cannot bear to see patients suffer. Now that he has seen something like this, he must find out what is going on."

The two were even more dumbfounded. The taller one asked, "Your young master? He's a doctor?"

Jiang Ziluo looked at the man pointing at him and thought to himself, "You can't blame me. Who else can I blame for being short?"

"Do you really want to go? You will be responsible for any accidents!" Without waiting for Xuan Yi and the others to answer, Captain Wu continued, "Come with me, while the adults are still resting."

Jiang Ziluo and another man led the horses and entered Jiangdu City. Captain Wu asked someone to bring a horse, and the three of them rode on the horses and walked on the quiet streets.

Jiang Ziluo looked around and saw people walking on the street, but they were all in a hurry. As he walked along, he saw several pubs with their doors open. There were three or four tables of guests drinking and chatting.

It's just that the atmosphere was wrong. Jiangdu is not a small town, and it shouldn't be like this at night. Even if there was a plague in Jiangdu, it didn't happen in the city after all.

The people in the city shouldn't be like this. They passed by Huajianfu and Jiang Ziluo looked inside. There were not many people inside.

They soon arrived at the government office. Captain Wu asked the two to wait outside while he went in to ask for instructions from the master.

After Captain Wu entered the government office, Xuan Yi looked around and whispered to Jiang Ziluo, "Mr. Jiang, this Captain Wu is probably not a simple person."

Jiang Ziluo didn't understand and asked, "What do you mean?"

Xuan Yi said, "Generally, if something happens, the captain guarding the city gate must first report to his superior, the city gate lieutenant. Otherwise, if someone gives them some money, they can come in.

But tonight is different. He can let us in on his own, or he can go directly to see the prefect. His last name is Wu. The prefect also has the last name Wu, Wu Tuyong. "

Jiang Ziluo is a modern person, so how could she understand these things in the government office? But after hearing what Xuan Yi said, she understood that it was just like the modern army, where everything had to be reported one level at a time.

Unless it was a matter of life and death, or some special circumstances. And when Captain Wu went in to look for the prefect, he was also calculating a lot in his mind.

"Why did I leave you at the city gate?"

"Brother, what's wrong? Did I do something wrong? Think about it, we just posted a notice and didn't invite a doctor. This is unacceptable!"

Captain Wu saw that the prefect's face was not as grim as before, and continued, "Now there is a doctor, but he is just a half-grown child. When the time comes, we will tell the public that the doctor's medical skills were not good and killed the Ninth Prince... Hehe, big brother, you have done what you should do, and you can also get us out of it."

"Are you sure that the half-grown boy has no medical skills?" Wu Shiyong was still very cautious and asked again.

"Brother, think about it, how good can a child who looks fourteen or fifteen be at medical skills? Didn't the Ninth Prince, who had a miracle doctor by his side, fail to cure him?"

Wu Shiyong walked back and forth in the room for a few times, then suddenly stopped, as if he had made up his mind. He turned around and said to Captain Wu.

"Xiao Jie, please invite them both in now. I want to see them."

"Hey, big brother, I'll go right away." Captain Wu smiled and ran out to call for help. Captain Wu's name was Wu Shijie, the cousin of the prefect Wu Shiyong.

It was Wu Shiyong who specially arranged Wu Jie there. It was strange that the Wu family would do such lurking things in their bones.

Wu Shiyong told Wu Shijie not to care about the position, the real ability was to win people's hearts. Wu Shijie was also a smart man.

He was able to do everything that Wu Shiyong asked him to do, and Wu Shiyong never lacked money from Wu Shijie, who always made Shangguan happy.

He also won over the soldiers around him very well, gave opportunities for promotion to those around him, and gave great achievements to his superiors.

Wu Shijie had figured out the human hearts of these people. Of course, it was not in vain to win them over. Wu Shiyong was the prefect, and he had so many officials under him.

It is impossible for everyone to think that Wu Shiyong is good. There will always be different voices. Wu Shiyong will slowly kill people and replace them with his own people.

Of course, Wu Shiyong would still be corrupt if he could. Changing people all the time would inevitably attract attention, so Wu Shiyong has been very cautious over the years.