Traveling through the farm, I just want to earn money by farming

Tang Jue and his men immediately arrested Wu Qingming and his men at the county yamen. They also ordered the houses of all officials there to be sealed off and everyone inside to be placed under guard. All the officials from the Qingyun County yamen were brought to the court.

The first thing to be dealt with is the crime of inaction in disaster prevention and relief. The casualties and damage are countless, and this first crime is punishable by death.

Second, he was guilty of cruelty to the people. To curry favor with officials, he forced over fifty girls from decent families to marry, dozens of whom died at his hands. The families of these girls had no recourse, and some of the more resolute ones were even driven to the point of having their families torn apart and their lives destroyed.

The three officials were guilty of innocently usurping the property of wealthy families. They would go directly to the door of any wealthy family they chose to return the property to. Those who refused were falsely accused and their property confiscated and the money was taken from their private coffers. Those who refused to comply were beaten to death with clubs, unable to even leave the county gates. After several such incidents, the wealthy families in the county were forced to surrender their property, as it was most important to save the lives of their families.

Fourth, Tang Jue was charged with the crime of bribing officials. He verified the authenticity of the letters and gift lists he got from the study and Wen Shi one by one, and then submitted them together with his confession to the emperor.

Along with this, he also sent his own letter of apology, and he was also guilty of not clarifying these matters in a timely manner.

If an official was convicted at this time, it was not something he, a prefect, could casually order the death penalty. But what Wu Qingming and his companions had done was enough to make him die a hundred times over; it was only a matter of time.

After dealing with the corruption in Qingyun County, Wu County Magistrate Wei of Qingyun County was appointed to temporarily take charge of all affairs in the county.

After receiving reinforcements from Old Man Yu, he immediately deployed his men and dispersed them with Zhao Fucun as the center.

Qingyun County, with its 2,000 households, was already a medium-sized county, and less than half had been rescued. Furthermore, due to inadequate disaster relief efforts, the epidemic was spreading rapidly and was showing signs of expansion.

"Deputy Envoy Wang, the situation is not good. Many people in the army have been infected with the epidemic, and the amount of medicine distributed has been reduced from three times a day to once. We urgently need doctors and medicines, otherwise we will all die here." How could Wang Quan not be anxious after hearing the report from his soldiers.

"Don't worry, the disaster relief supplies will arrive soon. Go down and tell the soldiers to take precautions according to the doctor's instructions and protect themselves." Wang Quan had to comfort the soldiers first.

He turned around and went to find Old Man Yu: "Mr. Yu, more and more people are falling ill. The epidemic is spreading. I don't know when the relief will arrive."

Old Master Yu said, "It should be in the past two days. Tang Jue has already gone to the county government office. I think he will collect some supplies and send them over first."

Everyone is anxious at the moment, and the villagers are even more desperate. Some extreme people even hurt the soldiers and guards.

"Master Yu, Master Yu, the county government has sent relief." The guard's excited voice came from a distance, and he ran closer and repeated it.

Wang Quan was even more excited than Old Man Yu. He took two steps forward, staring at the person who had brought the report and asked, "Really? Prefect Tang managed to gather supplies so quickly?"

The guard said, "They weren't sent from Prefect Tang. They were sent by Prefect Xue Ming of Ruyi County. The quantity is quite large."

This came just in time. With supplies and confidence, hope also came.

Three days later, the supplies collected by Tang Jue were delivered, along with doctors from the county town. The next day, disaster relief supplies from the imperial court also arrived.

Although there were sufficient supplies, medicine, and doctors, the epidemic was extremely severe, and people continued to fall ill. Old Master Yu ordered Wang Quan to send troops to isolate and guard all the affected villages, and not allow them to leave at will.

All those who came to rescue and were not infected were separated in another place. After seven days of observation and found no discomfort, they were quickly released.

The affected areas had been swept thoroughly, leaving no survivors to be rescued, and all the remaining bodies were burned and buried. A message was also sent throughout the prefecture, urging all rivers flowing through Qingyun County to be refrained from drinking, lest they contract disease.

"Mr. Yu, please go out quickly. I will arrange for someone to stay behind to take care of these injured villagers and soldiers." Seeing the seriousness of the situation, Wang Quan tried his best to persuade Mr. Yu to go out.

"I'll just guard the periphery. If we all leave, those left behind will inevitably feel sad." Old Master Yu knew very well that now was not the time to act out of loyalty, and he couldn't help since he was not a doctor.

But he was concerned about the people and his country, so he couldn't just leave. He had to stay here, firstly to reassure the patients and secondly to reassure the soldiers who came to rescue.

Seeing this, Wang Quan stopped trying to persuade him and arranged everything. Those who were not infected were stationed outside and on standby.

Old Master Yu had the protective masks sent by Qing Ning distributed to all the doctors and those who were taking care of the injured.

They tried every remedy the doctors had, even the one Mo Fang had brought with him from Mr. Ma, but with little success. Every day, people died and others fell ill, and they had no idea how the disease was transmitted.

For a moment, the atmosphere of death and despair enveloped everyone. Everyone wanted to survive, but there was no hope!

"Someone is coming, someone is coming. Don't go any further. This place has been surrounded. Go back quickly." The soldiers urged the people to hurry up.

"We are doctors, here to treat the epidemic. You go and inform the head of the family and tell him that Ma Pingchuan is here." Yu Jinan said to the soldiers in front.

When the soldiers heard that the visitor was a doctor, they immediately turned around to report. Soon, Old Man Yu came along and was extremely excited to see Mr. Ma.

"Brother, you are finally here. If you hadn't come earlier, you would never see me again." Grandpa Yu's voice shocked everyone.

Looking at his grandfather in such a state, Yu Jinan began to suspect that the person in front of him was fake.

Mr. Ma rolled his eyes at him speechlessly. "Alright, I know it's tough here. As soon as the things in Ruyi County were settled, I brought the kids here."

Several people came forward to greet Mr. Yu. Mr. Yu looked at them and said, "Why did you bring them here?"

Mr. Ma said, "Originally, I wanted to come alone, but my good disciple was worried about me and insisted on coming with me. I had no choice but to bring her along."

This expression is a bit embarrassing, but it is also the truth.

Then he continued, "When this little girl Zhu came, that boy Jin'an wanted to follow, and when Jin'an came, Guo's second son wanted to follow too. Originally, Meng'er and the others wanted to come too, but I turned them down. Since we needed someone to finish the work there, I kept them here. So they brought Chen'er, Yu'er, and Guo'er with them."

After hearing this, Mr. Yu had no choice but to give up. He explained the current situation in detail to Mr. Ma and the others, and then led them inside.