Seeing that Lu Li was so categorical, the emperor didn't have any way, after all, he didn't have conclusive evidence at hand to ask Lu Li Xingshi for his guilt.

The emperor sat on the dragon chair and pondered for a while, but decided to let Lu Li go first at this time. Don't let him be on his toes, wait until there's a better time to pick him up later.

"Although it has not yet been determined that you did this matter, it is related to you, so I order you to go outside the capital to deal with this matter immediately."

Hearing the word refugee, Lu Li's expression suddenly became solemn, these victims were also very innocent, they were originally planting grain fields, but they were actually flooded like this, and they naturally wanted to run to the imperial city to vent their resentment in their hearts, and it was impossible for Lu Li to expel them with troops.

"Your Majesty, according to what the ministers have seen, we will first sow the money from the imperial court for disaster relief, and then set up a disaster relief tent outside the city, so that we can help the victims tide over the difficulties."

Lord Liu touched his beard and calculated slightly, now that he has sown the silver for disaster relief, it is a large amount of income, and he will not take it for nothing, so he hurriedly agreed with Lu Li's words.

"Your Majesty, General Lu is worthy of being a pillar of the country, this is indeed a good way."

How could Lu Li not know what Lord Liu was thinking, so he immediately added that Jiang An's disaster relief money should also be escorted to the affected area by Lu Li's subordinates.

Lord Liu's face immediately darkened when he heard this, this was obviously aimed at himself, he didn't want to get involved in this money, and Lu Li's trick was too ruthless.

"Your Majesty, does Lord Lu mean that we, the officials of the household department, have not properly transported the disaster relief money to the affected areas?"

"Lord Liu, I didn't mean that, but now the situation is special, and the disaster relief money needs to be delivered to the victims in time, isn't it more appropriate for my soldiers to hurry up?"

Lu Li and Lord Liu were fighting with each other in the court, and the emperor had long been impatient to hear it, and he didn't want to pay attention to this matter with a wave of his hand.

"Okay, okay, leave this matter to Lu Li, I don't want to take care of it, retreat from the dynasty."

As soon as the emperor left, he naturally arrived at the city gate immediately, and found that the city gate was already full of refugees.

The soldiers at the gate of the city kept driving them out, and they seemed a little powerless, and when the refugees saw Lu Li riding in front of them, they immediately gathered under Lu Li's horse.

At first, they just pleaded, hoping that Lu Li could let them go in for refuge, but later on, their words became more and more ugly, and they kept accusing Lu Li.

"General Lu, they all say that you are a good person, and you actually flooded all our grain fields, which is simply hateful."

"Where is he a good officer! It's just a brute!"

Hearing these unbearable and scolding words, Lu Li could only silently pretend not to hear them, arranging for his subordinates to liquidate the number of victims without making any rebuttals.

After his subordinates counted the number of people, he showed the report to Lu Li, Lu Li was slightly surprised, he didn't expect that there were so many refugees outside the city, even if the city gate of Shangjing was opened, it might not be able to accommodate them.

General, do you think we should open the city gates?

Lu Li naturally wanted to open the city gate for these people, so that they could go to the homes of the rich and noble people in Shangjing for help. But the emperor must not want to be harassed by these refugees, so he himself has some hesitation.

Suddenly, several of the refugees collapsed, and the others hurriedly surrounded them.

"You're going to see what the hell happened to him?"

As soon as the soldier heard this, he immediately ran towards the fainted person, and found that the fainted person had a blue face, purple lips, and some vomited dirt in his mouth, this soldier was very experienced, he was not from Shangjing, and he joined the army because his family and hometown were in trouble.

He was all too familiar with this person's symptoms, so he reported his condition to Lu Li.

"General Lu is not good, it seems to be a plague."

Hearing the word plague, the refugees around them began to mess up, running from place to place, very panicked.

In this way, Lu Li's horse was also frightened, and he kept standing still, and in order to prevent the horse's hooves from trampling on pedestrians, Lu Li could only dismount to maintain the current order.

"Don't make any noise, it's not sure if it's a plague yet, whoever makes trouble here for me again, I will deal with it immediately according to the law."

Lu Li showed the sword in his hand, and when he saw the weapon, the refugees immediately quieted down, after all, they were afraid in their hearts, and they didn't want to lose their lives.

"You go to the capital and find a doctor to come out and see what kind of disease this is."

The soldier immediately ran into the city gate, and after half an hour, the soldier came back alone, so Lu Li was very angry, he obviously asked him to find a doctor, why was he still alone after looking for a long time.

"Where's the doctor?"

"General, I heard that there may be a plague outside in the capital, and no doctor is willing to go out of the city for treatment."

Lu Li's fierce sword was stuck on the ground, he didn't expect that people's hearts were so indifferent, so many refugees outside were still suffering in Beijing, and those rich and noble families in the city had actually begun to think about saving their lives.

But the misfortune did not come alone, and soon a eunuch walked in from the city gate, came to Lu Li, and gave him a salute.

"General Lu, the emperor heard that there has been a plague among the refugees outside the city. Therefore, he ordered the city gate to be closed, and no one who was here now could return to the imperial city, and asked General Lu to settle the refugees at the city gate with peace of mind. ”

This eunuch was obviously afraid of contracting the plague from Lu Li, and consciously covered his mouth and nose when talking to Lu Li, which made Lu Li even more chilled, he didn't expect that he would pay his life for Donglan Kingdom, and the dignified prince of Zhenguo would be trapped outside the city by the emperor and not allowed to enter the city.

But since the emperor said so, Lu Li had no choice but to do it, and immediately asked the soldiers to start setting up tents and resettle refugees, military tents were far from enough, plus the symptoms of the plague became more and more obvious, and after a few people fell down, they began to have a fever and fever, and their bodies began to convuls.

"Madame, ma'am, it's not good."

Pearl hurriedly ran into Xiao Man's room, since Lu Li went out today, Xiao Man's heart has been beating, seeing Pearl so anxious, she knows that the bad premonition in her heart may have come true.

"Pearl is about to say, what's wrong? Is something wrong with the master? ”

"Yes, madam, now there is a plague among the refugees outside the capital, and the old duck has been locked up outside the city by the emperor because of his contact with the refugees, and he is not allowed to enter the capital again."

Hearing this, Xiao Man was so angry that he overturned the table at once, this emperor is really too deceitful, Lu Li obviously received his order to go out of the city to settle refugees, and at this time he actually wanted to abandon Lu Li and not let him enter the city, it was simply too hateful.

"Pearl, pack my things for me, I'm going out of town."

"No, ma'am, there are already plague patients outside the city, and you are weak, what if you are infected?"

But how can Xiaoman manage so much, Lu Li is outside, it is her life-root-son outside, how can she let go of Lu Li.

"Don't say so much, Pearl, you bring me a few thick clothes, as well as food and grain, fill me with a carriage, and we will go out of the city now, since the emperor does not let us enter the city, our Lu family will never enter the city again."

Seeing Xiaoman's determination, Pearl also knew that he would definitely not be able to dissuade him, so he immediately ordered his subordinates to start packing up their things, although Xiaoman only said a carriage, but Pearl calculated the situation of the refugees outside, at most he supported the refugees outside to eat grain fields.

I'm afraid that if the entire land house is half empty, it will only support the refugees outside for a week.

When Saria and King Shen heard the movement in the house, they naturally hurried out, and when they saw Pearl packing up their things, they asked what was wrong with Pearl.

"Princess, don't you know, now there is a plague outside the capital, the general is locked up outside the city by the emperor, and the lady is going to find him now."

Hearing that his brother actually did such a thing, King Shen clenched his fists tightly, and an angry expression appeared on his face, how could he do this, wouldn't this make thousands of people outside the city die directly?

"Is there a doctor or a disaster relief official who has gone out to preside over the overall situation?"

"My little prince, do you think our emperor is so kind? He wished that all those refugees would die outside Shangjing, as long as he didn't disturb the peace of Shangjing, he would be fine. ”

Pearl sighed helplessly, and she didn't know whether the lady was going outside the city this time.

If Xiaoman wants to go, I will go too.

And me.

King Shen of Sharia has long regarded Su Xiaoman as their relative, and when he saw that Xiaoman had to face the danger alone, he was naturally reluctant and wanted to face this plague with her.

Hearing their voices, Xiao Man walked out and said to them solemnly, "You two stay in the Lu Mansion for me, don't go out." ”

"Why, Xiaoman is so dangerous outside, don't you want us to help you?"

"Sharia, are you sensible, are you still pregnant with a child, and King Shen is young, and you are still infected with the plague, how should I take care of you?"

Xiao Man has never been so serious, which makes Salia a little scared, thinking that it is indeed a matter of life and death now, otherwise Xiao Man would not be so fierce to them.

Realizing that his tone was too heavy, Xiao Man softened down and patted Sharia on the shoulder, "Can you help me take care of King Shen and everyone in the Lu Mansion?" ”

Looking at the short King Shen beside her, Salia nodded, although she was Lu Li's nominal second lady, she had never presided over family affairs, but now that Xiaoman had left, she could only carry everything in Lu Mansion and not let them down.