I'm full of rebellion against fate

Chapter 281: Crime of Indifference

In less than a month, every household in Youqiu City was in mourning and coffins were parked in every house, and the place was filled with grief. Many people had to send off another family member after sending off one family member, and many families were completely wiped out.

The streets were full of rats running around, and many people didn't even have food to eat.

The Wang family is different from this scene. Because of the Qi Ling, the rats dare not run wild in the Wang family, and their family has become the only pure land in Youqiu City.

When Wang Zhan discovered this situation, he just looked at the people outside the Wang family courtyard indifferently. He was even worried that talking to these people would infect him with the plague, so he asked the servants to drive these people away from the Wang family.

Listening to the music coming from the Wang family's yard and smelling the aroma of food wafting from the yard, the people passing by gradually became dissatisfied with the Wang family.

Why was there a death in every household in the city, while the Wang family was fine?! Why was everyone else practically starving, while the Wang family still had a revelry every night?! Once this discontent surfaced, it spread from one person to dozens or even hundreds.

The mayor of Youqiu City was also in a state of panic at the moment. His superiors were urging him to solve the rat infestation as soon as possible. In order to divert emotions and take revenge, he asked his servants to spread the rumor that the Wang family was the mastermind behind the rat infestation.

Regardless of whether the rumors were true or not, everyone's dissatisfaction with the Wang family had reached a peak! After learning about this, they were extremely angry, and many people rushed into the Wang family's house and smashed things.

Wang Zhan said to the enraged people, "I'm very sorry, but the Wang family has already killed the Rat King. We've fulfilled our obligations. The rat infestation is something the city lord should control. Isn't it a bit unreasonable for everyone to come and destroy the Wang family?"

The angry people said, "It must be because you killed the Rat King that these rats are out of control!"

Many people echoed, "Yes! That must be the case! If there was a Rat King, these rats wouldn't be so unscrupulous!"

Others said, "It must be the Wang family who killed the Rat King. Now the rat cubs are going to avenge him!"

It's easy to find a pretext to accuse someone of a crime. When the common people's hoes hit Wang Zhan's head, he realized that his family was in danger! He immediately went to the city lord to ask him to find a solution. After all, without the Wang family's Youqiu City, it would be dangerous if it encountered monster attacks.

After escaping the Wang family's house in a panic, Wang Zhan immediately ran to the city lord's residence. Seeing the city lord in mourning at home, Wang Zhan covered his mouth and nose with some disgust and said, "My Lord City Lord, your control of the rat infestation is too poor! The people have started to siege the Wang family like crazy!"

The city lord looked at Wang Zhan, who had come to ask for help with an arrogant attitude. He shook his head and ordered his men to arrest Wang Zhan. He said, "The people are angry because of your cold and heartless behavior! You watched them suffer but remained unmoved and only cared about protecting yourself!"

Wang Zhan was held down by the city lord's men and said, "You're jealous of the Wang family's reputation in Youqiu City! Now you want to blame me for your dereliction of duty!"

The city lord sneered. "So what?" He was now trapped in a jar. Then he framed him for using sorcery to collude with the demons and planned to execute him.

Wang Zhan immediately released He Liao to fight the city lord's guards, but He Liao did not use his magic weapon. Instead, he said in a very cold voice: "I only fight monsters. Fighting with humans is your own business."

When it came to monsters, Wang Zhan could only desperately emphasize the Wang family's achievements in catching monsters, but the city lord said impatiently: "Now there are no monsters. Since there are no monsters, you are useless."

In this way, Wang Zhan was tortured into confessing and sentenced to death. When he and his clansmen were taken to the execution ground, the people who used to worship and respect them threw stones at them.

"You heartless bastards! If it weren't for the Wang family, how could you have lived in peace and contentment for so long?! The rat infestation is the city lord's fault for failing to control it! If the Wang family were to perish, you'd just wait for the monsters to come and eat you!"

Wang Zhan's face was covered in blood, completely lacking the dignity and grandeur of the former head of the Wang family. He looked like a crazy beggar.

The people were numbly saying, "Kill him!"

They just thought that if the Wang family disappeared, their disaster would be over. Now they just want the Wang family to die!

When Wang Zhan was forced to kneel on the ground and saw the two men in the crowd smiling coldly at him, he realized that he had fallen into the trap of those monsters!

One of the handsome men exuded the aura of a fox demon, while the other exuded a demonic aura that he was very familiar with: his Qi Ling He Liao! Everything here... was a trap set by these two guys!

Before Wang Zhan could say anything, his vision had already flown out, and the last thing he saw was his headless head falling to the ground.

The people around watched the last member of the Wang family die, and they dispersed happily, feeling that their lives would definitely get better from today.

After Wang Zhan's death, the contract between the Wang family and He Liao was terminated, and he became free again.

Chang Ningchen knew that he didn't need to do anything. Youqiu City had already suffered retribution, so he didn't want to dirty his hands. He just wanted to let them slowly die out.

Dongfang He hugged Chang Ningchen and walked out of Youqiu City. He said, "They brought this upon themselves."

Chang Ningchen nodded and said, "Those who destroy the ecology will suffer the consequences sooner or later! But is there a solution? Your strategy is comparable to Jia Xu's."

Dongfang He quickly rubbed Chang Ningchen's shoulders and said attentively, "I'm far worse than Jia Xu! I'm just following the trend. If the Lord of Youqiu City hadn't killed 300 foxes because of a dream, the rats in Qingling Mountain wouldn't have become a disaster.

If the Wang family had not killed the Rat King, the rat population would not have been out of control. If Wang Zhan had given the Rat King a chance to live and let it lead the rat population back to the mountains, the rat plague would not have occurred.

Since the rat infestation had already occurred, the city lord and the Wang family did not work together to deal with it. The city lord only wanted to take this opportunity to eliminate the Wang family, while the Wang family did not get involved, which caused public resentment. In the end, they were framed and no one came to their defense. This is the best evidence.

Chang Ningchen listened to Dongfang He's analysis and thought it made sense. This incident also taught him that sometimes, if one pays close attention to malicious incidents, one may become an accomplice. After he went to the city lord's house to take back his fox fur cloak, he stopped caring about Youqiu City.

Later, I heard that the plague in Youqiu City was too serious, so the court sent troops to seal the city gates, but did not send doctors to treat the patients.

In ancient times, when medical conditions were poor, the only way to deal with the plague was isolation. For example, the city of Youqiu was sealed off because the authorities probably thought the city was beyond cure and left the people in the city to fend for themselves. Later, Youqiu City became a dead city.