After forcibly taking the blood of the sick and delicate prince to continue his life

Chapter 69 Murder and Silence

Author: Yu Yuan Guiyu

Chapter 69 Murder and Silence

After traveling for another two days, Yue Jue and his party finally arrived in East Antarctica.

Although the floods in East Antarctica have receded, the areas they passed through are already devastated.

There were no soldiers standing guard under the city wall that was supposed to be a city barrier, and all the refugees under the city gate were in ragged clothes.

The face is sallow and the muscles are thin, and the skin is thin.

Some people were even lying on the ground with pale faces, motionless.

The victims who heard the sound of horse hooves raised their heads awkwardly, staring blankly at the sudden appearance of the army with a pair of cloudy and desolate eyes.

He seemed in disbelief, but he didn't dare to act rashly.

I don’t know who in the crowd shouted angrily: "Save us..."

In an instant, the zombie-like victims suddenly came to their senses, staggered and struggled to stand up and pounced on Yue Jue and others.

He cried out and prayed: "Master, please do me a favor and give me something to eat!"

Yue Jue frowned and looked at the dirty, stooped common people, as if there was a ball of cotton stuck in her chest.

The accompanying guards quickly stepped forward to prevent the victims from approaching Yue Jue and others, "Be brave, this is His Royal Highness, everyone, stay back!"

"Qiu'an, don't be rude to the people!" Yue Jue hurriedly got off his horse, waved Qiu'an away, and walked towards the victims.

His Highness the Crown Prince?

Those destitute victims, you look at me, I look at you, you all look at Yue Jue who is very close at hand in disbelief.

Suddenly, a cold light flashed among the crowd.

A man in ragged clothes quickly approached Yue Jue and stabbed Yue Jue with a knife, shouting sternly: "Everyone, don't be fooled by him. The court has given up on us a long time ago. How can he be the prince!"

"Brother, be careful!" Yue Jing's voice trembled when she saw the cold tip of the knife.

"Protect His Highness the Crown Prince!" Wei Chi was also frightened and lost his soul. He wanted to help but it was too late.

Yue Jue stood still, staring at the man closely. When the tip of the knife was about to pierce his heart, he suddenly pulled out the soft sword at his waist and blocked the man's knife.

The footsteps moved like ghosts, and before the man could react, the soft sword was already on his neck.

Yue Jue looked at him in a deep voice: "Tell me, who sent you here? Who taught you those words?"

The man frowned, "I don't understand what you are talking about. I am just an ordinary citizen in East Antarctica. Aren't those words the truth?"

"There has been a flood in East Antarctica for more than a month. How has the imperial court ever opened its eyes to see us ordinary people?"

When the victims saw the sword, they were so frightened that they froze on the spot and did not dare to move again.

Now that he was surrounded by soldiers again, he wanted to bury his head in his chest.

"Brother Imperial, are you okay?" Yue Jing hurried to Yue Jue's side and secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he was not injured.

Yue Jue glanced sideways at him and shook her head: "Nothing."

"Qiu An, take him down and torture him. You must catch the person behind the scenes." Yue Jue took back the soft sword holding the assassin and ordered Qiu An.

As soon as he reached the city wall, before he could even enter the city, he was assassinated.

...It's too impatient.

The man was held up by the soldiers, his face red and thick-necked, and he shouted: "Why are you arresting me! Look, you guys, this is the so-called His Highness the Crown Prince! He is not here to save us at all, I have stabbed him in a sore spot.

You want to kill people and silence them!"

Every word and every sentence is just fanning the flames.

If he were told that he was innocent, Yue Jue would definitely not believe it.

He glanced at the frightened victims and turned to look at the man: "Where is the pain?"

"What pain does the imperial court have that requires this prince to kill people and silence them? When the disaster first started in East Antarctica, the imperial court sent the imperial envoy Zhang Yan to come with 100,000 taels of silver and 50,000 shi of grain to provide relief!"

"You are a good person, but all your money and food went missing overnight in East Antarctica. Tell me why?"

Yue Jue wanted to take advantage of the situation. He wanted to tell all the victims in East Antarctica that the court had not given up on them.

The imperial envoy disappeared, and he, the current prince, came in person to convey his determination to provide disaster relief.

Only by gathering the hearts of the people and consolidating the national strength can we ensure that the Yueshi remain standing.

Yue Jue ignored the man and ordered in a deep voice: "Wei Chi, come into the city! Set up a pot and serve porridge so that the people can eat!"

"Yes, Your Highness!" Wei Chi bowed and accepted the order, waving his hand to greet the soldiers to come into the city to work.

When the victims heard the words, their gloomy eyes suddenly lit up, and they knelt down and shouted: "Thank you, Your Highness, Your Highness, I will live forever!"

The man narrowed his eyes slightly and said bitterly: "Everyone, don't be deceived by him. Who can't say good things? Who knows if they are just hiding behind the scenes! Who saw the imperial envoy he mentioned?"

Yue Jing, who was standing aside, glanced sideways at the man, frowned slightly, and said softly: "Noisy!"

He glanced at the man's tight face and said, "You're quite energetic. You've been shouting for so long and you haven't lost any skin on your face. How do you look like a disaster victim?"

"Look at your friends, who among them is not skinny?"

"You have to eat enough, but you want to cut off other people's livelihood, you deserve to die!"

After hearing this, Yue Jue stood aside and looked at Yue Jing, who had a fierce look and a soft heart. His eyes were as deep as water, and there was no emotion in his eyes.

She said quietly: "Yue Jing, don't talk nonsense to him."

He lowered his eyes at the victims kneeling on the ground and asked, "Do you know this person?"

After hearing this, the victims raised their heads and looked at the man, shaking their heads: "I don't know him."

A group of people had been starving for a long time, and they really didn't have the energy to observe the people around them, but when they took a closer look, they saw that it was indeed an unfamiliar face.

"Qiu An, take me down!"

Yue Jue was worried that he had no clues to start with, but he didn't expect that the other party sent him a big gift before he even entered the city.

Very good.

Unexpectedly, when the man saw that the matter was exposed and had no chance of turning around, he looked at Yue Jue and said coldly: "You want to interrogate me? I'm dreaming!"

After speaking, his eyes flashed and he bit the poison in his mouth.

"Qiu An, stop him!" Yue Jue said urgently!

Qiu An immediately removed the man's jaw, but it was too late.

The poison is very potent.

"Your Highness..."

Yue Jue's eyes were cold, "Burn it."

If he dies, then he dies. Even if he digs three feet under the ground, he still wants to find Yan Yi and Zhang Yan, uncover the people behind the scenes and bring peace to East Antarctica!

"Brother Emperor." Yue Jing looked at his cold face and called softly.

Yue Jue turned his head and looked into Yue Jing's eyes. After a while, he said, "Let's go into the city."

Wei Chi led the soldiers and quickly set up a pot and stove to cook porridge at the entrance of Dongjizhou's government office.

The imperial doctor who came with him was already treating patients who collapsed on the street, and everything was going on in an orderly manner.

Gradually, the faces of the three imperial doctors became serious.

Many victims were so hot that they opened their clothes slightly and found tiny red spots on their bodies.

The leading physician, Wang Shu, quickly took out a white strip of cloth from the medicine box he carried with him and handed it to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Third Prince Yue Jing who followed.

"Doctor Wang, why is this happening?" Yue Jue asked, staring at the white scarf in front of her.

Wang Shu looked solemn and said, "Prince, I have just checked the bodies of the victims. Many of them are accompanied by high fever and rash."

"I'm afraid it's a plague——"

(End of chapter)