On her wedding night, she went into exile with her pharmacy arsenal

Chapter 1656 The Whole Village Was Massacred

I heard that Mingzhaojun was going to Shencheng, and Qi Dongqiang and Jiang Tangli also wanted to go.

The eldest lady quickly advised: "There are many people going there now, we can't all go, Youcheng is our home, we have to protect it well."

"Yes," said Princess Mingzhao, "Madam is right. You are our backup in Youcheng. If we all leave and only the princess and the madam are left, it will be worrying."

Qi Dongqiang thought about it and realized it made sense, so she gave up the idea.

Princess Mingzhao took Mu Chen, bid farewell to everyone, and left the city for Shencheng.

Yan Ruyu thought, in total, three groups of people had gone there, and she hoped that Shencheng would be safe and sound and everything would go well.

Just at this moment, Yinding came quickly.

"Princess, Dali is awake."

Dali is the young man from Shencheng who risked his life to find the silver ingots.

Upon hearing this, Yan Ruyu immediately followed the silver ingot to the courtyard.

Dali has woken up. His injuries are too severe to move, but he is in good spirits.

There is no worry about life.

"This is the princess, Dali, just tell her what you wanted to say just now."

Dali just woke up and wanted to tell Yinding, but he was very excited. Yinding asked him to calm down and ask Yan Ruyu to avoid having to tell it again later.

Yan Ruyu said: "Yinding, pour him a glass of water."

"Yes."

"Speak slowly."

Yinding helped Dali up, let him lean against the head of the bed, and gave him a glass of water.

He took two sips vigorously and said, "Princess, Brother Yin, I risked my life to escape from the village."

Before he finished speaking, his eyes were red: "The villagers in the village...are all dead."

Big tears fell and he cried hard.

Yinding was also shocked: "All... Third Master, Cui Ya and the others..."

Dali nodded slowly with tears in his eyes.

Yinding gritted his teeth: "Who did it?"

Yinding can still remember that the people in that village were simple and hardworking, and they gave him a lot of help in the beginning.

Later he returned to the city, and whenever his fellow villagers came into the city, they would bring him something.

But I never thought of asking him for it.

Yinding has been thinking about finding an opportunity to go back to the village.

But I didn't expect... that I would never have the chance to see you again.

Yan Ruyu whispered to comfort him: "Tell me slowly, don't be anxious. No matter who did it, believe that the prince and I will seek justice for them and make the murderer pay the price!"

Dali wiped his tears and said, "Thank you, Princess. I don't know who they are. I just remember that there was a man with a big beard who didn't look like one of us locals."

Yan Ruyu stood up, went to the table to get a piece of paper, and took a sketch pen from the space.

"Tell me slowly what he looks like. The more detailed the better."

Dali thought carefully, "He is not very tall, not as tall as Brother Yin, about half a head shorter, not fat or thin, and he wears an ordinary blue robe. However, the few times I saw him, he always wore pointed boots, which I saw were not like the boots that the locals wore."

"Once, I overheard him talking to someone else. His accent wasn't from Shanghai, but really sounded like someone from outside the Great Wall."

"He had a beard, dark skin, thick eyebrows that spread out at the ends like a broom."

"His nose is a little big, his lips are a little thick, and his eyes are very special, especially his left eye, which seems to flash green. It's very scary."

Upon hearing this, Yan Ruyu paused with her pen and took out the portrait of Ghost Eye from the space.

"Is it this one?"

When Dali saw it, he exclaimed: "Yes..."

But after a closer look, he said, "It doesn't seem like that. This guy has no beard and his eyebrows are not right."

But these eyes are so similar.

Yan Ruyu also took up the unfinished painting and asked: "What if these two paintings intersect?"

Dali's eyes widened: "Yes, that's it, it's him."

Yan Ruyu became furious. Great, it was Ghost Eyes, that is, Mr. Mo.

That’s right, he is indeed capable of doing such a cruel and inhumane thing.

"What does he want from you?"

"He asked us to plant medicinal herbs, and half of the grain land was planted with medicinal herbs. At the beginning, we didn't quite believe it, but he was very generous and gave us a deposit first."

"One acre of land, two taels of silver. I had never seen such a price before, so many people agreed. After the first batch of medicinal herbs were harvested, he paid the money as promised."

“Now, most people in the village believe it.”

Yan Ruyu listened carefully and thought to herself, if the plague was man-made, it was caused by Mr. Mo, what was his purpose? To make money?

Let the people grow medicinal herbs first, spending two taels, and then sell them at a high price when the plague breaks out. By then, even ten taels may not be enough to buy them back.

It's really a lucrative business with huge returns.

I'm afraid, there's more.

Yinding also frowned: "What happened next? Why did I kill you?"

"I don't know either. I just happened to go get some wine for my father, so I escaped. When I returned to the village, flames were shooting up into the sky," Dali began to sob again, "crying and wailing..."

"That guy brought a lot of people with him. He killed anyone he saw, searching every house, or just throwing them into the fire and burning them to death."

"I was discovered when I was hiding, and they chased me for a long way. If I wasn't lucky, I would have..."

"The village was burned down, everything was gone."

Yan Ruyu felt sad just listening to it. A whole village, so many lives lost, how could they have the heart to do this?

Yinding gnashed his teeth and couldn't help but redden his eyes: "These beasts."

Yan Ruyu suppressed her sadness and asked, "What kinds of medicinal herbs did they ask you to grow?"

Dali said the name of the medicine without hesitation.

It is almost the same as the Taoists’ greenhouses and those recorded on the list.

It is certain that it is related to the plague.

"Princess, Brother Yin, you must avenge our fellow villagers!" Dali couldn't stop crying and struggled to kowtow.

Yinding supported him: "Don't worry, we will, you have a good rest."

Yan Ruyu changed the medicine for him and asked him to take some diuretic medicine. She left some dried fruits for the servant and asked him to boil water for Dali.

Yinding followed Yan Ruyu out of the yard and asked in a low voice: "Princess, what can I do?"

He couldn't do anything, it was such a terrible feeling.

"Come and accompany him often and chat with him. In his condition, he needs to take good care of his physical injuries and his mental trauma."

Yinding was puzzled: "In your heart?"

"Yes, the experience was too tragic, the sadness was too great, and there would be heartache, but it's just that you can't see it. If you don't get treatment in time, over time, it may turn into a mental illness."

Yinding nodded repeatedly: "Okay, I will always enlighten him."

"Then, Princess, wait until he gets better..."

"If he has nowhere else to go, he can stay in the palace if he wishes."

"Okay, thank you, princess."

Yan Ruyu left the yard, walked to the garden, held onto a roadside tree, and slowly calmed down.

This society where power is supreme is no different from a cannibalistic society. Ordinary people are like lambs. Those in power and holding knives can cut them a few times as long as they can suppress them.

How difficult.

Back in the yard, she sat at the table, not moving for a long time.

After a long time, he picked up the pen and wrote down everything Dali said, and when Huo Changhe's carrier pigeon arrived, he would take it back.