The first to know the news was undoubtedly Chu Yatian, because he was staying in the southwest in the name of inspection, quietly recruiting troops.

This plague spread extremely fast, overnight, most of the people in the southwest city died, and the air was extremely bad all of a sudden, almost only a dozen families who were closed and left were not infected, as well as Chu Yatian and some of his cronies.

When he knew that the southwest had been attacked by the plague overnight, it was already the morning of the next day, and Chu Yatian had just gotten up and smelled the smell of gunpowder in the city, and then his subordinate herring fish walked in from outside covering his mouth and nose.

"Master, we have to get out of here, the southwest has been fully infected with the Black Death plague, and more than half of the people have died, so we have to leave as much as possible."

Chu Yatian was stunned, and his eyebrows raised in shock: "What did you say?" ”

"I can't figure out how this Black Death spread all over the city all at once, could it be because we are here?"

Chu Yatian walked out of the gate, black smoke floating in the air, and the smell was very choking.

"Master, the black smoke is the burning area, there are a total of 32,000 people in the southwest city, a full 28,000 people died, and the rest of the people are cremating the corpses."

Although this news came too suddenly, Chu Yatian quickly accepted this fact, and then he asked, "What about the soldiers who live on the outskirts of the city?" ”

Qingyu hesitated for a moment and said, "It has been sent to cremation by officials." ”

Oh, my God! Chu Yatian clenched his fists hard, the elite soldiers he had worked so hard to recruit and train for so long had actually disappeared overnight! Thinking about it, he has indeed declined terribly, first his subordinates, who grew up with herring, were robbed and stabbed to death while transporting treasures, and then his soldiers died violently in one night.

Who is standing in his way?

"Master, the carriage has been prepared, and we must get out of here immediately."

Chu Yatian nodded, and followed Qingyu out of this plague city.

The Imperial Palace of Anling Kingdom.

The court was full of officials kneeling on the ground, no one dared to raise their heads, the atmosphere was as cold as winter, and the emperor's brows on the dragon chair were difficult to stretch.

"I feed you with good food and drink on weekdays, but when it's time to use you, you actually say that you can't do anything? Are you all dry food waste?! The Emperor's roar shook the entire hall.

Kneeling ministers, look at me, I look at you, they all hope that someone will take over this drudgery, but no one will do it.

The emperor had no choice, he rubbed his eyebrows and looked at Chu Yatian and Chu Litian who were standing on the side: "Yatian, do you have any way?" ”

As soon as the emperor's words fell, Chu Yatian coughed violently twice, he took out a handkerchief to cover his mouth and nose, but as soon as he took out the handkerchief, looking at the blood stains on the handkerchief, his face changed.

The emperor also saw it and was shocked: "What's going on? ”

"Father, my son's son was infected with a cold on the way back from the southwest, and it has become tuberculosis due to untimely treatment, and I am afraid it will not get better for a while."

"Then you hurry back to the house, don't stand here." With a worried face, the emperor ordered the guards to send Chu Yatian out of the palace.

The situation that Chu Yatian could not do anything about this matter made the emperor a little desperate, he glanced at Chu Litian and asked, "What about you?" Is there any good way to do it? ”

"Father, Erchen knows a divine doctor, maybe he can suppress this plague, but I have to wait for Erchen to go back and discuss it with the divine doctor."

The emperor immediately looked sideways, and a look of joy appeared in his eyebrows: "Really? What miracle doctor? Does he have a way to treat plague patients? ”

Chu Litian pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "The smallpox plague four years ago was cured by him, and although the Black Death belongs to the Yan zhòng plague, it is not impossible to cure. ”

"I don't have time for you to go back to discuss with him, so summon him into the palace immediately to discuss."

Chu Litian nodded, and immediately asked people to invite Dr. Hu into the palace. He had a headache, and he thought that he shouldn't take on this troublesome job, at least he should learn from Chu Yatian to pretend to be sick.

However, after a while, Dr. Hu entered the palace, and after hearing about the Black Death plague in the southwest city, he hesitated and said that there was no guarantee that the plague could be cured.

"What a waste of my time!" The emperor was very angry when he heard this, he didn't like Chu Litian in the first place, and this time he added fuel to the fire and drove him and Dr. Hu out of the palace.

On the way back to the palace, Chu Litian's expression was indifferent, but Doctor Hu kept complaining: "This emperor is too anxious, I just said that I can't guarantee it, and it's not that it can't be cured, why is he angry?" ”

"Thank you for your hard work today, so many people died in one night in the southwest, my father is in a bad mood, and it is understandable that he has a temper."

"It's not that I said, Eighth Prince, you don't have to speak for the emperor, anyone can see his partiality, you are not doctors, sending you to that place is to send you to death, I am dissatisfied with what I said today, on the one hand, I am old, I don't know if I can be cured; On the other hand, it is for your sake and does not want you to go to such a dangerous place. ”

Chu Litian pursed the corners of his lips and smiled faintly: "Thank you, but the more he doesn't like me, the harder I have to work, don't I?" ”

"No matter how hard you try in this matter, it's useless, these things are destined by God, let it go, and it will stop at a certain point."

"Really?" Chu Litian was noncommittal.

The two parted ways on the street, and Chu Litian returned to the Eighth Prince's Mansion and entered the study to rest.

Qingfeng has been waiting for a long time: "Master, the plague has developed too rapidly and has begun to spread outside the city, should we find a way to stop it?" ”

Chu Litian's brows twisted into small pimples, his slender fingers knocked on the table, and said irritably: "No official is willing to come forward, this group of wastes is really useless, do you have any good candidates?" ”

"When we released the source of the plague, we have found a ghost hand doctor who specializes in treating the plague, and now he is coming to the Eight Princes' Mansion, and it is estimated that he will arrive tomorrow."

"Are you sure you can cure the plague?"

"Yes, he is a ghost hand doctor known as Saihuatuo, and the plague is not a problem."

"Okay." As he spoke, Chu Litian opened the bamboo slip and prepared to write an excerpt and hand it to the palace.

His purpose was not to make An Lingguo miserable, but just to defeat Chu Yatian in a quick and easy way, and now that his goal had been achieved, it was time to clean up the mess.

However, after the breeze quietly left the Eight Emperors' Mansion, a man walked out from behind the stone statue at the door and galloped away in the opposite direction.

The Four Princes' Mansion.

"You said that Qingfeng has found someone who can suppress the plague?" Chu Yatian coughed and said.

"Yes."

"Send a few men after him and kill that man for me."

"Yes."

Chu Yatian coughed twice.

Qingyu raised his head: "Master, is it that Qingyu is too ruthless, is it really okay for you to do this?" ”

"If you don't knock me out of internal injuries, how can I cough up blood, how can I get out of this?" Chu Yatian said coldly, "But I have always suspected that Lao Ba is secretly playing ghosts, the people around me who dare to oppose me have basically been eradicated by me, and the only thing left is Lao Ba, from today on, you keep an eye on him for me, but if she has any moves, they will all come to sue me." ”

"Yes."

The next day, Qingfeng didn't bring back the ghost hand doctor, but instead brought back a body of injuries.

Chu Litian was shocked, his heart was ominous, and he asked, "What's the matter?" What about the miracle doctor who cures the plague? ”

"I was ineffective and negligent in my duties, and I was attacked on the way back, and not only was I seriously injured, but even the ghost hand doctor was killed." Qingfeng knelt on the ground, looking guilty.

This is undoubtedly bad news, Chu Litian patted his head and sat down on the chair in a daze, his recital had already been handed over to his father, and the emperor knew that he was ten percent sure that he could suppress the plague, so he immediately asked him to lead the ghost hand divine doctor to go, and now that the divine doctor is gone, what is he going to do? What to suppress this plague?

"Eighth prince, there must be a spy in our house, I was very cautious when I came and went yesterday, it is impossible to be followed, the news reached the ears of others so quickly, there must be an internal ghost."

"You say, it's the fourth prince?"

Qingfeng nodded: "Qingfeng didn't dare to talk nonsense, because during the fight, Qingfeng saw the embroidery on the man's placket, which was from the Four Princes' Mansion." ”

"You go back to recuperate, I'll find another way." Chu Litian had a headache, Chu Yatian had actually set his sights on him.

But before Chu Litian could think of a way, the news of the assassination of the ghost hand doctor reached the emperor, and he was furious, feeling that he was being played by Chu Litian, and in a fit of anger, he ordered him to find a doctor who could suppress the epidemic, otherwise he would be imprisoned.

The news that Chu Litian might be imprisoned quickly spread throughout the Eight Emperors' Mansion.

Ye Zitong was incredulous: "What does the plague in the southwest have to do with him?" The incompetent people around the emperor actually blamed him for this mistake? ”

"Our eighth prince is too easy to bully, it's better for the fourth prince to sue for illness." The bell complained.

"The emperor is indeed too much, he usually doesn't take the eighth prince in his eyes everywhere, and it is normal for the eighth prince to be powerless against the disaster, and he even has to put the eighth prince in prison."

"This damn old man is really underwhelmed!" Ye Zitong was angry, failed to control his strength, and pinched the white jade porcelain cup in his hand into pieces.

Bell hurried to find a strip of cloth to bandage her.

"Miss, you don't have to be too angry, although the eighth prince has a good temper, he is also a smart person, he will think of a way, Miss don't worry too much."

Of course, Ye Zitong is worried that if Chu Litian can't find a way to suppress the epidemic, he will be imprisoned, just as the prison is as deep as the sea, will she have a good life in the future? Chu Yatian didn't take the opportunity to kill her?

No, she definitely can't get things to this point, considering that she also has a certain amount of research on medicinal herbs, thinking that as long as she carefully studies the Black Death, it won't be a big problem to fight the epidemic.

So, in the next few days, she has been looking for bits and pieces about the Black Death, from Chu Litian's study to Dr. Hu's residence, as long as it is related to medicine books, she will not let go of them one by one.