The Prince Wants to Assassinate Me Every Day-Chapter 162 - 87: Journey to Yuzhou (8) Meeting with Xiao Wu_3

"How did you find us?" Ye Qichi asked.

"I was waiting for you in a ruined house outside the city when a soldier came to find me, saying that someone was looking for me. I guessed it was you, so I came." Xiao Wu said, "I didn’t expect it to really be you. I was almost worried to death on the way here, and surprisingly, Yuan Wenkang didn’t come with you."

"You’ve seen Yuan Wenkang?"

"Right at the entrance." Xiao Wu hurriedly said, "Lord Yuan, please come in. It’s the Prince and Princess."

With that,

Yuan Wenkang hurried in.

Upon seeing Xiao Jinxing and Ye Qichi, he knelt down quickly, "This official pays his respects to the Prince and Princess."

"Rise." Xiao Jinxing said, "The assassins who were after me that day, have they been dealt with?"

"To report to the Prince, they have been killed by this official. After dealing with the assassins, I intended to follow the Prince, but I couldn’t find any trace of the Prince and Princess. I only saw some assassins crossing the river and guessed that the Prince and Princess might be on the other side. I secretly followed, but accidentally drew the assassins’ notice, so I had to stop searching for the Prince and Princess and first came to Yuzhou City to wait for a reunion with the Prince." Yuan Wenkang explained his journey here.

Ye Qichi and Xiao Jinxing could both imagine that the near discovery in the cave was due to Yuan Wenkang inadvertently distracting the assassins.

Thanks to Yuan Wenkang, otherwise both of them would have died there.

"How did you meet Xiao Wu?" Ye Qichi asked again.

"Upon arriving in Yuzhou, I stayed hidden in the shadows waiting for the Prince’s arrival. Then yesterday, I heard someone forcefully entered the city gate of Yuzhou City. Guessing it might be one of our people, I followed to the city gate, and then I found Xiao Wu and joined up with him."

Xiao Wu also hurriedly said, "I have been in Yuzhou City for two days already, worrying that the Prince might not know I had arrived. So I intentionally breached the city gate to spread the news. As long as the Prince heard of someone breaking through the city gate, he would surely guess it was done by me."

Ye Qichi nodded. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

Having followed Xiao Jinxing for so many years, Xiao Wu really was quite clever.

"Since you’ve arrived in Yuzhou City, have you discovered anything?" Xiao Jinxing went straight to the point now that he understood the situation.

"I did inquire," Xiao Wu quickly said, "The reason for Yuzhou City’s lockdown is the fear of spreading the epidemic. But now apparently, the Military Governor knows it has spread, and his insistence on lockdown is because the epidemic inside has not been contained. Now, everyone inside might have been infected, and he fears releasing the people inside would trigger the spread of the epidemic outside. If that happens, his blood is on his hands, so he has no choice but to lock everyone up."

"How many people have died inside?" Xiao Jinxing asked sternly.

"I didn’t learn the specifics, but it is said that every night, a batch of bodies is carried out of the city and buried in an abandoned wilderness outside the city," Xiao Wu said. "It seems many have died."

Xiao Jinxing’s expression darkened.

"Prince, I just heard two soldiers saying that the Prince and Princess are planning to go inside Yuzhou City," Xiao Wu spoke very seriously. "I think this plan is unwise. If you go in, you might also be highly susceptible to infection. In my view, now Yuzhou City is a city of plague. The best way to control the plague is to prevent it from spreading to other places. I believe that lockdown is currently the best method in order not to trigger a nationwide outbreak."

"8,000 commoners of Yuzhou City, just let them all die inside?!" Xiao Jinxing said coldly.

"I just don’t want the Prince to take such a risk," Xiao Wu quickly knelt down.

"I think that if the Military Governor had the slightest capability, he would not let the epidemic spread like this. Anyone who wants to control an epidemic would isolate the infected in one place, not let the epidemic spread wildly within the city," Ye Qichi directly opposed Xiao Wu’s view. "Chen Hezhi cannot possibly be that foolish, and the rumor that he’s spreading is just to justify his lockdown."

Xiao Wu was stunned by Ye Qichi’s words.

This was just the information he had gathered, and he hadn’t delved further into it.

"And Chen Hezhi is still inside, isn’t he?" Ye Qichi asked.

"Yes, the Military Governor has always been inside, claiming to share life and death with those fighting the plague!" Xiao Wu answered.