The heavy rain did not stop, the sky was even darker and more frightening, the plague spread rapidly with fear, in addition to Cheng Jia and the sick palace and men, the city has found more than a dozen suspected cases through large-scale investigation by military doctors and Wu Zhu.

As a result, rumors spread throughout the city, and the soldiers and civilians were terrified and uneasy.

Some villagers even wanted to flee with their families out of the city, but when they were stopped by the army, they began to gather to make trouble.

"We're out of town!"

"We're out of town!"

"Hurry up and let us out of the city, there's already malaria spreading here!"

In front of the city gate, Ruo Aozi, who was in charge of his duties, stood in the rain and didn't know what to do.

If it were in the past, he might have waved his hand directly, and the army pressed him, unceremoniously, but now he swore to Azhu to change his mind and face the unrestrained civilians.

Kill can't kill.

It's useless to just scratch.

Inexplicably irritable.

And when he thought that even Azhu was infected with the epidemic, he was even more dispossessed.

Seeing that Ruo Ao Ziyong didn't know how to decide, Qi Da's eyes were cold, and his voice was cold and he ordered, "If anyone comes, as long as they dare to storm the city gate, they will all be considered guilty of rebellion!"

"Changmao hands come forward! Archers prepare!"

"Those who dare to cross the horse and reject it, kill!"

A row of horses refused to separate the civilians who had lost their minds and rushed to the city gate, and in the face of the spread of Senran's arrows and malaria, the civilians had no choice but to kneel and plead for mercy, "Let's get out of the city! If we stay inside, we will all die!"

"We don't want to die like this!"

……

At the head of the city, Mi Huang's brows were deeply locked, looking at the civilians gathered under the city wall who refused to leave and boiling, although Qi Da led people to temporarily deter the leader of the troublemakers, but in order to avoid the city from getting out of control, they had to transfer a part of the garrison to the city, patrolling at all times, to prevent the loss of Phoenix Mountain due to the escape of people.

Even so, they could not prevent all the Chu people from hearing "malaria" like a discoloration and fearing like a tiger.

In the face of malaria, even all the soldiers were afraid, lost the will to resist, and even the fear in their hearts exceeded that of the 100,000 army opposite, and everyone's eyes were full of panic.

If they are left unchecked, they will not be attacked from the outside by the rebels.

It will also be disintegrated from within by its own people.

……

Outside the city, Li Lao and Zhao Hou looked at the huge boiling sound in the opposite city with frightened faces, and asked timidly, "What happened in the opposite city?"

"yes, why are so many people clamoring to leave the city all of a sudden?"

Old Situ stood in front of them when he heard this, looked at the two of them, and said disdainfully, "No matter how powerful the lady is, she is just a woman after all!"

"But this is a man's battlefield!"

"It's not a place where she is in the court, relying on her identity, and taking advantage of her tongue!"

Ruo Ao Yuejiao clapped his hands and laughed, "Okay, if this battle is won, Situ should be the first merit, and Yin Ding will be rewarded!"

Facing Ruo Ao Yuejiao, who didn't know what was happening in the city, Lao Situ just looked cold and let out an unexplained sneer: This is not only a great gift he gave to the princess, but also a great gift he gave to Yuejiao!

Wolf.

It's just a beast after all!

Popularity.

It's 10,000 times more complicated than them.

He bowed his hand to Yue Jiao and congratulated him in advance, "The old man is here to wish the Lord a victory and a breakthrough in Phoenix Mountain!"

Once he has his wish, it will be the time of his death.

The plague has never been against us.

……

At this time, on the top of Phoenix Mountain, everyone who enters and exits is checked by a special doctor and Wu Zhu according to the instructions of the elder, and once anyone with abnormal body temperature is found, they will be blocked in a temporary isolation room outside the palace.

In the Feng Palace, the huge table was full of people at this time, and it was clearly divided into two factions, one was Ruo Ao Tan, Qi Da, Yao Jun, and Ruo Ao Zi Yong, who were wearing armor and standing by the sword, and the other faction was the private pawns of various clans headed by Pan Chongcheng, Shen Wuxing, and Chen Huang, as well as the commanders of Huang Yuwei, and at the end sat Wu Zhu, military doctors and doctors, as well as Yue Lao and others.

Outside, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the rain poured down the eaves like a waterfall, rushing along the ditch, and the sound of the rain like fried beans reached everyone's ears and made them upset.

The hall was filled with the sound of breathing at this time.

No one spoke.

Mi Huang sat in Ruo Ao Ziyan's position.

His face sank like water, he looked around the audience in silence, and asked in a deep voice, "Now that the situation is critical, all Wu Zhu, can the military doctor have a cure?"

The great witch doctor is more than sixty years old, dressed in sacrificial clothes, holding a turtle shell in his hand, looking like he has just divined, he raised his eyes to look at the phoenix, and then looked at the doctors and other witches present, and announced his divination today: "Malaria has always been incurable, and if you are dyed, you will die, and I pray to heaven for the great evil!"

All the generals were even more frightened when they heard this, "What should I do then?"

"Are we going to get sick and die?"

Extreme frustration enveloped the audience for a while, in the face of the plague, even Pan Chong had no good plan, and Wu Zhu, a civil and military official in the palace, was even more helpless, like a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered, except for making noise and hurrying out of the city and abandoning this place.

Nothing has been accomplished.

Hearing this, Mi Huang's eyes were furious, and she looked at the big witch doctor sitting opposite her, looked at the other doctors and asked loudly, "Is it true that there is no healer who can overcome malaria?"

Several famous doctors and military doctors in Phoenix Mountain City present all hung their heads and shook their heads silently, and in the silence of the hall, the great witch doctor who was still opposite said expressionlessly, "Your Highness, if you don't want to, you can't! Malaria evil is evil, not that mortals like us can resist, but only now can we deal with the source of this malaria evil immediately, can we never suffer from future troubles!"

When the words fell, Wu Zhu and the others reacted the most intensely, and the military doctors who accompanied the army also had the courage to echo one after another, "Please make a decision immediately!"

"Dispose of the source, never indulge!"

Speaking of the source.

Naturally, it refers to Cheng Jia and Ah Zhu, the first two people to be infected, and the rest of the palace people have long been disposed of.

Ruo Ao Zi Yong wanted to refute when he heard this, but before he could speak, he was categorically warned by Ruo Ao Tan beside him, "Zi Yong, I now order you as the clan elder that you are not allowed to take care of the slightest matter of that female slave!"

"Otherwise, don't blame me for dealing with it according to family law!"

Yao Jun and others also persuaded each other with good words, "Zi Yong Gongzi, this is malaria evil!

"There are so many beauties in the world, it is not worth it to lose her life for a lowly female slave girl in the end!"

"What's more, you have to put the lives of so many soldiers of my Ruo Ao clan first!"

Ruo Ao Tan also nodded.

In the face of everyone's opposition, Ruo Ziyong thought of Azhu lying in the hall and cast a look for help at him, "Save me, Ziyong...... I don't want to be burned to death!" He couldn't help but get up and slap the table and said angrily, "What a noble and cheap, could it be that a weak woman in Azhu saved my Ruo Ao clan's clan woman in my Ruo Ao clan's fiefdom - such a great merit of the princess is not enough to exchange her life?"

"Or even the princess, you have to give up the lives of Cheng Youtu and Ah Zhu?"

Hearing this, Mi Huang's expression immediately darkened, and his jade hand clenched into a fist.

The answer is no.

The Great Witch Doctor was not the first to ask her to dispose of Cheng Jia and Ah Zhu.

If malaria is uncontrollable, he won't be the last.

After a long time, in the midst of the noisy voices of the two parties, a hoarse voice sounded faintly: "Everyone, please listen to the old man!"

The old doctor sitting at the end of the table has been constantly rummaging through the medical scriptures for the treatment of malaria collected from all over the palace day and night since he found out that Cheng Jia was infected, and at the same time tried to recall that Cheng Jia had told him various plans for the treatment of malaria, and got up and said, "Malaria is not impossible to prevent!"

"Really?"

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, "Then how to prevent it?"

In order to save Chengjia, the old doctor forced himself to calm down, and calmly replied, "The old man's wife died of the epidemic, so the old man has studied this plague for more than ten years......" When he said this, everyone heard the words and raised a glimmer of hope, looked at him with expectation, and quietly listened to him continue, "and found that the malaria evil is not caused by malaria or the evil gods mentioned by Wu Zhu, but originates from mosquito bites in the mountains, and spreads between human blood through bites. ”

"So at this time, whether we go out of the city or stay in the mountains, as long as there are mosquitoes, we will not be able to prevent it. ”

When his words fell, the whole army panicked even more.

"What?"

"Won't we have no way to live?"

"This little mosquito is the source of malaria, are you telling a joke?"

"You bad old man dare to tease the general, look for death!"

A sergeant angrily wanted to lift his collar and strangle him to death on the spot, but Jing'an stepped forward and pulled out his sword, "It's true or not, you let him finish it!"

"Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude!"

When the words fell, the generals of the Ruo Ao clan, who had long been dissatisfied because of Mihuang's closeness to the Cheng clan, and the Cheng clan, who had just been baptized on the battlefield and were in full swing, faced each other, and the two sides suddenly became tense.

The old doctor immediately said, "Calm your anger, please listen to the old man!"

"As we all know, mugwort can repel evil spirits, and qilixiang, Huoxiang, peppermint, etc. can repel mosquitoes, and these herbs are everywhere in the mountains. All we need to do is order the whole city to take precautions, go into the mountains to collect, and then hang mugwort in front of every house, or burn mugwort leaves, or transplant qili incense into the house, so as to prevent mosquito bites and blood from infecting each other!"

"At least this will greatly reduce the probability of infection!"

When the veteran doctor told everyone about this idea, the military doctor who heard the rumor clapped his hands and said, "If that's the case, that's great!"

"Mugwort is everywhere in the mountains, let the whole army go into the mountains to pick, and then make sachets and carry them with you!"

But there are also those who don't believe it.

"Malaria has been recorded in oracle bone inscriptions as far back as the Xia Dynasty, and its horror has been recorded many times in the inscriptions of the Yin Shang period.

It can be described as the most terrible disaster in the whole of Kyushu.

More terrifying than water.

Invisible and invisible.

I don't know why, only the heavenly punishment can explain it!"

For a long time, the witches who believed in the gods and believed that the gods dominated all the life, death and illness in the world naturally bore the brunt of the suffering, and rebuked one after another, "As you said, you can prevent it by preventing mosquitoes, isn't that a fallacy?!"

"Then the thousands of Chu people who have died in the past three hundred years of my Great Chu have not died in vain?"

"It's impossible!"

Wu Zhu even stepped forward with the cracked turtle shell in both hands and said, "Besides, the will of the gods has been revealed on the turtle shell. At this time, my great Chu is against Tai Sui, it is "the time of death", the turtle burns the words, the divination is unlucky, and the star is a disaster, please be cautious!"

As soon as these words came out, all the soldiers were suddenly covered with clouds and bowed their heads one after another.

"You're just trying to save the lives of those two people and deceive everyone, what if you listen to your nonsense and there are still people in the city who are sick?"

The witches shouted and shouted in unison, and what they said was very reasonable, and even the military doctors who accompanied the army were shaken, and no one dared to bear the terrible consequences of delaying the time to leave the city after trying this method.

Because that also includes your own life.

All the soldiers and soldiers, represented by Ruo Ao, objected in unison, "Yes, we can't listen to him!"

"Everyone knows that autumn is the season when malaria is common, and it is only a matter of time before there is a bigger outbreak of cold malaria in this ghost weather!"

"Now get out of the city as soon as possible and leave this place to keep the 80,000 troops in the city. ”

……

The old doctor looked at everyone's distrustful expressions, knowing that the cause he learned from Cheng Jia had no evidence to win people's trust, and he couldn't just catch a mosquito to do human experiments, I was afraid that if he did, he would definitely be burned alive before Cheng Jia.

Even so, he still replied calmly, "Yes, it is indeed recorded in the "Disease Doctor" article of "Zhou Li • Tianguan": There is malaria and cold disease in autumn. And as the generals said, it is the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, which is the time when my land is barbaric and swampy, and the people are full of diseases. ”

"But as long as we control it well, we can detect suspected malaria patients as soon as possible and confirm the symptoms, and then quickly isolate and treat the epidemic areas as soon as possible. For patients who are now infected with the disease, the isolation room can ensure that there is no dampness and no mosquito breeding, so that the risk of incurring more people through mosquito bites can be controlled, and the old man can also try the new drugs I have developed over the years through the infected people to cure more people. ”

Faced with the voices of everyone still clamoring for him to be punished, his face sank, and he looked at everyone, "If this is the case, and a large number of people are still sick, you will be the first to burn me, an old man, and appease the wrath of the gods!"

When the words fell, everyone looked at each other.

Some people are willing to bear all the consequences, and naturally there is no opposition.

Since he opened his mouth, he has been like a clay statue that has never spoken, and when he heard this, he looked at the old doctor beside him with a pair of eyes like dry wells, "Okay, since you said that malaria can prevent mosquitoes, we can give it a try!"

After all, it's easy to try to repel mosquitoes.

If malaria can really be prevented, it is also a method.

But he changed his words and looked at the old doctor to grasp the root of the road, "It's just that you keep saying that the malaria evil is not caused by the evil god, then the old decay is going to ask for advice, how do you heal these two?"

The doctor hesitated slightly, and then immediately opened the medical scripture and said, "It is recorded in the "Shenlong Materia Medica" that Changshan (here Changshan refers to the stinky Changshan, that is, white pepper) has the effect of curing malaria, and I have ordered the doctor to feed them with decoction. ”

"It only takes a little time to see results!"

"Oh, after all, it's still trying to stall for these two people, and when they want to study when they can't, when this situation is critical. ”

"If the prevention and treatment method you said is really effective, at this time, as long as you deal with these two people, you can eliminate future troubles, and if the good medicine you said is ineffective, then I'm afraid I will regret it!"

"So the lady, this guy is talking nonsense at all!"

The most intense voices in the field were Wu Zhu and the like, who attacked the doctors in the eastern suburbs such as the doctors, "Malaria is a metaphor descended by the gods, punishing us and others for not defending loyalty and treachery, and allowing people with wolf ambitions to usurp the country!"

"Is that a right-hand disciple a traitor?"

"If you want to kill, kill Yue Jiao!"

Hearing this, the big hand of Mi Huang, who had been arguing for a long time without speaking, fell to the shouting witch Zhu and asked rhetorically, "The gods do not punish the rebels in the country, but they want to punish the traces of the great water to save thousands of Li people, and the traces of the country's danger saved the lives of the princess and the little prince, and even saved the heroes of the entire Chu family!"

"What's the point?"

"Could it be that the gods are also untrustworthy and traitorous?"

"Then why do you still believe in such a god?" said Mi Huang coldly.

All the witch wishes were shocked when they heard this, "The princess...... You're so bold, how can you say such a thing!"

Qi Huang had a kind of disgust in the face of these witches who kept talking about the gods for no reason, and from the beginning of the war, they continued to preach that the war was unwinnable, and at this time they repeatedly stopped them from acting.

"Come on, send these witches to serve the gods and appease the wrath of the gods!"

"We are the messengers of the gods on earth!"

"Lady!"

The shouts and anger of all the witch wishes did not get anything, only that the Huang Yuwei dragged them out of the Golden Palace even more forcefully, and several Wu Zhu knelt in the heavy rain outside the hall and shouted in the direction of Yingdu, "If the princess insists on going her own way, my Da Chu will be as Gu Zhuo said, a sign of death!"

"It's easy to kill me, but it's even harder to save Da Chu!"

"We're dead. ”

"The king can't turn a blind eye!"

All the soldiers also did not follow, "What is the reason why the princess does not deal with the people who have attracted the source of malaria, but disposes of these sorcerers who are loyal to my great Chu?"

Even Ruo Ao Tan objected.

Cheng Daxin didn't know what to do, on the one hand, his own brother, and on the other hand, the safety of the entire Phoenix Mountain and even the Chu State.

At this time, he should have put the righteousness first.

But how could he bear to speak.

Even Chen Huang, Shen Wuxing and the others looked at Mi Huang with anxious faces, "The princess ......"

Seeing the prophecies of a few witch wishes, she was full of instigation, and Mi Huang looked at everyone with a cold face and smashed the turtle shell presented in front of her, and said: "In the past, the martial king was defeated, and there were also wizards who were defeated in divination, but in the end, Jiang Ziya angrily beheaded Wu Zhu, and with the heart of the army, the Zhou army defeated the Shang army. ”

"It's just a rotten shell, how can you decide the fate of my Great Chu?"

As the words fell, she lifted the turtle shell in front of her and angrily broke two petals.

"This lady never believes in the destiny of heaven!"

"The destiny of Da Chu is determined by me!"

Mi Huang looked at these witch wishes who put the "Mandate of Heaven" on her lips one by one, and even wanted to say that if there was really a "Mandate of Heaven", it would be her destiny that should not be extinguished, and she would not sit in this position now, but replaced it with Mi Zhao.

Someone wanted to stop it, but in the face of the extremely powerful woman at this moment, no one dared to take her words as just a woman's words.

Seeing this, Pan Chong knew that it could not be too intense, otherwise it would inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the army, so he got up and stopped, "The trouble of Yuejiao, the princess will inevitably go to pacify, but the problem now is how to solve the current malaria evil, what the doctor said, in the opinion of this Taishi, if it can really be done, it is a great blessing for my Chu country." ”

"If it can't be done, dare to ask you if there is a worse situation than now?"

Pan Chong's gaze fell on everyone, with a slight smile and inquiry, and gradually even those Wu Zhu and generals who were originally noisy were silenced, "Since this is the case, then this matter will be handed over to the elder doctor to do, so what's the matter?"

"It's just a doctor, do you dare to take over this position and make a military order?"

"If it fails, it should be dealt with by military law!"

"The old man will live up to the expectations of the princess and the princess. ”

When the old doctor heard this, his face was pale, and he replied, "If it fails, whether it is military law or fire, let the generals deal with it!"

"Okay, that lady will grant you all the right to cheap, everyone should listen to your orders, and the prevention and control of malaria will spread among the army and the people as soon as possible. Although Mi Huang said it to the doctor, he actually warned the people below, "During the period, if there is anyone who does not obey, I will allow you to cut off the right to play first!"

Chop first, then play.

This is how much power the doctor has been given!

If the generals of the Ao clan naturally looked bad when they heard this, especially the generals who had a conflict with the old doctor just now, Qi Da also looked at the old doctor who sat down again and arranged the matter of collecting medicine for prevention and control, and there was a faint depression between his eyebrows, and finally his eyes fell on Mi Huang alone, and he got up and said, "Princess, there will be a different intention in the next place!"

Without waiting for Mi Huang to agree, he said slowly, "The Yue Jiao Rebellion was originally the fault of my Ruo Ao clan, but in order to make up for this mistake and wash away the shame of my Ruo Ao clan, I and all the soldiers and clansmen of the Ruo Ao clan have been sticking to the city day and night for these days and actively training. We also know that the princess is not an ungrateful person, and becoming a right disciple is not only kind to the princess, but I believe that the elder of the Tan clan also sees it in his eyes, he is also the great benefactor of my Ruo Ao clan, and rescued the little boy at a critical moment. ”

Ruo Ao Tan nodded happily when he heard this, "Actually, the old man doesn't want to watch such a benefactor die easily, but I understand that what everyone thinks in their hearts now must be the same as us." ”

Qi Da glanced lightly, and looked at the superior Mi Huang with a seemingly provocative gaze, "Dare to ask the princess, is the life of 80,000 soldiers and civilians important?"

"Have you forgotten the heavy task of recovering my three thousand miles of rivers and mountains in Dachu?"

"Or are these not as important as the lives of one or two people, we have been arguing here for most of the day, I believe that if Cheng Youtu can really get up and come, he will also be willing to make the wisest choice for the sake of these 80,000 soldiers and civilians, as well as my entire Great Chu!"

The words fell suddenly, and the hall suddenly fell into a terrible dead silence

Dressed in a military uniform, the Emei man-eyed Mi Huang sat on the main seat, refocusing his eyes on Zida, but did not speak.

Ashin's words echoed softly in her ears at this time: If Ao Liubu is not of the same heart as us, Your Highness, you should be careful to take precautions.

Yao Jun, who was sitting at the same table with him, suddenly got up and hurriedly said: "Qi Da is a straightforward person, but please forgive His Highness for worrying about me and being for the public, don't blame." ”

Even Cheng Daxin got up and said: "Although what General Qi said is inappropriate, everything is for the sake of the overall situation of Da Chu, and it is my Cheng clan who is selfish, please forgive him for the sake of fighting day and night for Da Chu in this battle." ”

When the other generals heard this, they also got up one after another and pleaded for Qida, only Ruo Aoziyong, who was the sixth part of Ruo Ao, did not move, although he had to admit that what Zida said was right, but for the sake of Azhu, he couldn't accept it emotionally.

"No! Only at this time of danger can we recognize people's hearts! I appreciate General Qi's move, and I hope that everyone will be like him and speak up for my sake. ”

Mi Huang looked at everyone's expressions in his eyes, sat in the main seat and said in a slight tone, "I know that everyone is worried that there will be more epidemics if they stay in the city, so this lady does not plan to stay in the city and sit still, but orders the older they are, they are stepping up the preparation of siege equipment, and go out of the city to meet Yue Jiao!"

"Is General Qi satisfied with this answer?"

Qi Huang's voice seemed to be smiling and asking, but it was mixed with a faint wind and thunder, and Qi Da had to bend down to answer when he heard this, "Your Highness can be like this, naturally it is a blessing for me!"

When the soldiers heard this, they praised Mihuang for his wisdom.

Mi Huang smiled and eased the frightened looks of everyone in the hall, "Okay, then now the elder will come in and show us the next battle plan!"

"Yes!"

Zida sat down silently under the pull of Yao Jun.

Now in such a form, although he also knows that going out of the city may not be a perfect strategy, but it is not easy to fight back against Ruo Ao Yuejiao, who has the advantage, holding back his patience, his eyes fell on the woman who was strategizing like a son, and he couldn't believe that she could have any good way.