After Pei Qian instructed him, he lowered his eyes and looked at the medical report again. Then, he placed the report on the table at the side.

However, just as he was about to arrange what to do next, Du Yuanruo knocked away the guard at the door and rushed in front of Pei Qian aggressively.

“Pei Qian, you bastard, you dare to trick me?! Aren’t you afraid that I’ll make you suffer after I return to the capital?!”

Actually, Du Yuanruo already knew a thing or two about the situation outside. His initial suspicion had already turned into certainty!

However, it was also because he was convinced that there was indeed the plague in the refugee camp that he was so anxious.

Originally, Du Yuanruo wanted to escape with his men. Unfortunately, after he left the tent, he realized that those trusted aides who had followed him had already been taken by Pei Qian and sent somewhere!

He was alone now. He had no people or money. He couldn’t even get a horse. How could he escape?!

Therefore, after thinking about it, he decided to look for Pei Qian!

He had to leave right now!

Otherwise, if the plague really spread, wouldn’t he be dead meat?!

It didn’t matter if Pei Qian was crazy, but he still wanted to live! He didn’t want to stay here and die with this group of lowly commoners.

“Make me suffer? What do you plan to use to make me suffer?!”

Pei Qian slowly put down the pen in his hand and looked up at Du Yuanruo, who was furious. “With your intention of escaping, even if I chop you up now, no one in the capital will say anything against me!”

Besides, I’m only saving you and not harming you!”

“Bullsh*t! If you want to accuse me, at least find a reasonable excuse! There’s already the plague in the refugee camp!

The plague!

It’s the plague!

People will die!

We might both die here! Do you understand?!

I won’t stop you if you want to die, but you can’t keep me here to accompany you and those lowly commoners to die, right?!

Pei Qian, either you let me go today, or listen to what I said previously. Leave none of these refugees alive and execute them all. The corpses will be burned and the plague will be resolved!

This matter happened too suddenly. Even if we go back and report it, His Majesty won’t blame us!

Why should we risk our lives?!”

Du Yuanruo lost control of his emotions in the end. He glared at Pei Qian and roared until his voice became hoarse.

Facing Du Yuanruo, who had completely lost control of his emotions, Pei Qian’s attitude was as calm as before as he wrote something. Only when Du Yuanruo completely fell silent did he slowly say, “Are you done?”

“Pei Qian, tell me. Are you going to let me go or not?!”

How could Du Yuanruo not see that Pei Qian was patronizing him? However, at this moment of life and death, he couldn’t care less about these trivial details. He only wanted to run now. He didn’t want to stay any longer!

“How can you guarantee that the current you and the people you want to bring out are not infected?! If you get infected and bring them back to the capital, what do you think will happen to you?!”

After putting down his pen, Pei Qian raised his head slightly and looked at the stunned Du Yuanruo with a smile. He continued to say, “Du Yuanruo, you’re the son of the Duke’s wife after all. Why don’t you have any brains?!”

He naturally wouldn’t let Du Yuanruo go.

This person was a coward, but he was still useful.

Du Yuanruo wanted to continue shouting, but he was stopped by Qian He, who had come in after receiving the news. Du Yuanruo was tied up and dragged away before he could even shout.

“Your Highness, the subordinates we sent to the nearby cities to report and ask for help have already returned. At first, when the officials of the two counties heard that we were escorting refugees, they were quite polite to us. But after hearing that there was the plague here, their expressions immediately changed.

“Not only did we fail to get what we needed, but two places even drove our people out of the city.”

After Qian He sent Du Yuanruo away, he turned around and quickly returned to the tent to report the latest news to Pei Qian.

“Go, kidnap the families of the county officials in the nearby cities!” Pei Qian put down the teacup in his hand. He wasn’t surprised by this outcome, but he still couldn’t suppress the anger in his heart.

“By choosing to protect themselves, they made a foolish decision!”

The medical officers were left behind in the refugee camp. In addition to helping take care of the refugees’ health, they also had to teach people how to differentiate herbs.

According to Lin Suisui’s list, most of the herbs could indeed be found in the nearby forest. However, the problem was that there was a limited number of people now, so the task of finding herbs finally fell on the refugees in the refugee camp.

In order to prevent people from escaping and causing trouble, Pei Qian also made arrangements.

Those who went up the mountain to look for herbs were paid every day. However, only women could go up the mountain. A family could only allow one person to sign up. They would split into groups of 20 people and then go up the mountain under the protection of the soldiers.

Women were more meticulous than men, so they were more suitable to go up the mountain to look for herbs. More importantly, women were generally timid, so their chances of escaping were relatively lower.

Lin Suisui was actually relieved.

Although the plague came suddenly this time, the illness actually wasn’t serious. From the onset of the illness to the illness worsening and final death, it hadn’t been a short time.

Lin Suisui found out that the woman who had died previously was one of the people who had been punished. She was already very weak. Now that she had contracted the plague, it naturally made things worse.

Now, the remaining patients in the plague area clearly looked a little better after drinking the medicine that had been brewed.

This development was a good sign!

After Lin Suisui finished writing down the medical records for the day, she was about to relax when she was attracted by a commotion at the entrance of the plague area.

Curious, she turned to see a pair of sergeants pushing a dozen wailing men and women through the front door…