Gong Chengyan thought that he knew Gong Xiru, and he also thought that he knew all the latter's plans, but the result was that he was calculated by that stinky boy again.

Let's not talk about how the silver fell into the hands of Gong Xiru, at least he followed him all the way, and what made Gong Chengyan even more angry was that he didn't even notice it all the way.

Emperor Qinglong looked at him angrily, "You say, what do I have to do with you in order to give an explanation to the people of the world." ”

Gong Chengyan lowered his head and pleaded: "The criminal minister implores the emperor to strip the criminal minister of the post of the middle court order." ”

Emperor Qinglong was suspicious: "Are you really willing?" ”

"The emperor must give an explanation to the people of the world, only in this way can the anger of the people be eliminated." Gong Chengyan affirmed.

He was the person in charge of this disaster relief, but in the end, no one arrived, but a group of inconsequential young men sent the money to the disaster area, and it was a dereliction of duty.

Emperor Qinglong pondered, what Gong Chengyan did was instructed by him, not to mention that the latter was also his right-hand man, if he was demoted, he would definitely be affected.

Gong Chengyan knew Emperor Qinglong's thoughts, and continued: "Your Majesty, although the minister has been demoted, this does not prevent the minister from doing things for the emperor, and the emperor can rest assured. ”

Emperor Qinglong thought about it, and felt that there seemed to be nothing to do at the moment, he could not protect the palace in front of the people of the world, so he said to Fuquan: "The edict is drafted, and the Zhongtang Order has negative expectations, and the disaster relief is not good, and now he is dismissed from the post of the Zhongtang Order, demoted to the Siyi Pavilion of the Four Rank Admirals, and sent to serve in the Taichang Temple." ”

When Gong Xiru, who was far away in heather, heard the news, he couldn't help but laugh: "He knows how to advance and retreat, and he knows what I want to do." ”

Bai Lang was busy distributing rice to the victims. took the time to say: "If he doesn't do this, Shi Nan will collectively sign a joint letter, saying that the Zhongtang Order is derelict in his duties." This is not only a slap in the face, but also a slap in the face of the emperor, in the end, the official position cannot be kept, and the emperor will be infamous because of him, who will the emperor find out for this evil breath. ”

Lu Xiaotian, who was standing a little farther away, picked up a stone and threw it over, which happened to hit Zhu Mo's forehead.

"Boy, move fast. Don't you see that there is such a long queue in the back? ”

Zhu Mo glared at him viciously and muttered, "Obviously I didn't say anything, he won't beat you." But looking at my headbeat, he must be jealous that I am better looking than him. ”

As soon as the words fell, the back of the head was hit by a stone again, and Lu Xiaotian raised his eyebrows with a wicked smile: "I still need to be jealous of you?" That's what I look like. Where can you compare. ”

Zhu Mo can't beat him. Inevitably, my head will be smashed again, so hurry up and shut up and do things.

Gong Xiru and Bai Lang both laughed and sped up the movements of their hands.

Seeing that the victims of the disaster were lining up to receive rice and grain, Zhu Mo couldn't help but say again: "The past two days have finally gotten better, think about the first two days I came, the people here are like crazy, if it weren't for the many people we brought, I'm afraid that the silver will be robbed." ”

He's a chatterbox. It's the limit to be able to stop for a while.

The other two were very understanding, Bai Lang suddenly thought. Ask Lu Xiaotian: "How is that patient?" ”

Lu Xiaotian touched his chin triumphantly, only to find that he didn't have a beard at this time, and put down his hand with a smile, "Don't worry, with me out of the horse, don't say two knives, he just stepped into the coffin with half a foot, and I can pull him back."

The other brothers are only skin injuries, but I'm afraid the capital can't go back. ”

"It doesn't matter if you can't go back, Lord Zhao has already promised to incorporate those people into the Yamen of Juxian County, they are all good players in Beijing, and he also picked up a bargain." Bai Lang said.

"It's not just a bargain, it's a good life." Zhu Mo grabbed his mouth and said, his eyes rolled slightly: "When you go back, go to Juxian County to eat and drink first, I don't think Lord Zhao will accept our silver." ”

Bai Lang couldn't help laughing at him: "As far as you are clever, if Lord Zhao doesn't borrow our soldiers, you will rob the silver there." ”

The three of them were talking and laughing, but there was a sudden commotion in the crowd.

"What are you doing with a bunch of people in the back?" Zhu Mo looked at the past.

Gong Xiru put down what he was holding and walked over, and the crowd automatically moved out of the way.

When he got closer, he saw that it was an old man, who was foaming at the mouth, slumped to the ground and kept convulsing.

The crowd suddenly dispersed, each covering his nose.

"Why does it stink so much?"

"He."

"It's disgusting."

Lu Xiaotian sensed that something was wrong, handed over the matter in his hand to others, and hurriedly walked over, Bai Lang and Zhu Mo also followed.

"What's wrong?" Lu Xiaotian squeezed into the crowd, and with just one glance, his face immediately changed.

Gong Xiru saw his strange appearance and asked, "Do you know what's going on?" ”

Lu Xiaotian didn't care about explaining, so he hurriedly called the official messenger to isolate the old man and send all the people around him away.

Several people looked solemn, and they all knew from each other's eyes.

Since ancient times, disasters and diseases have been one.

Lu Xiaotian squatted down, carefully examined the old man, and finally said in a deep voice: "It's indeed a plague." ”

Zhu Mo took a step back, "Plague?!" Then we're not all going to be dyed, are we? ”

Lu Xiaotian glared at him angrily, "You have a fever?" Or is it vomiting and diarrhea? Or is it dizzy? ”

Zhu Mo thought about it seriously, but he didn't have these symptoms.

"Congratulations, you haven't been infected yet, but you're getting soon." Lu Xiaotian stood up, there are many types of plagues, and he has encountered various types of plagues in the past, and how to apply medicine to save people still has to be studied and studied.

Carrying the old man to the quarantine area, Lu Xiaotian ordered someone to prepare herbs.

As it was not clear what other symptoms were other than vomiting and diarrhea, and he was treated with the usual plague for the time being.

"Let people prepare rhubarb, coptis, astragalus, bellflower, atractylodes, parsnip, talc, and aconite, boil them into water, and give them to the victims here three times a day."

Gong Xiru also had a little knowledge of medical skills, and when he heard it, he knew that this was according to the conventional plague treatment.

He called Mrs. Hu, the local county magistrate, "Gather all the doctors in the city, and let the old man live in the quarantine area for the time being, and we will observe if there are any other diseases."

In addition, all people who come out of the quarantine area must wash their hands with lime water and must cover their faces with gauze. ”

Mrs. Hu nodded busily and went down to command.

Bai Lang looked at the crowd around him who was already in some turmoil, and said worriedly: "I finally appeased everyone, but when the plague came, people were panicked. ”

Lu Xiaotian frowned and said: "Heather is scarce, and medicinal materials must be transported from the surrounding counties, but once the plague spreads, I am afraid that the counties on the border are unwilling to come and go. ”

There are many such examples in history, once the plague outbreak is uncontrollable, then the imperial court will use extraordinary means to isolate the entire county and leave it to fend for itself, which can be described as extremely cruel.

Zhu Mo was a little stunned, and said uncertainly: "Now only one epidemic patient has been found, if it is treated in time, it should not spread." ”

Lu Xiaotian snorted: "The plague is a natural disaster, how can you deduce it, I still have to go to see the old man, if it's just simple vomiting and diarrhea, it will be much easier." ”

Gong Xiru nodded, and went to Mrs. Hu again, asking him to quickly buy medicinal materials from the surrounding counties, and instructed everyone not to spread rumors and disturb people's hearts.

Before Lu Xiaotian walked to the quarantine area, he saw an official running over in a hurry.

"Doctor Lu, it's not good, the brothers who carried the old man back just now have begun to vomit, you can go and take a look."

Lu Xiaotian's face froze: "So fast? Did they have contact with the old man? ”

While leading the way in front, the official shook his head and said: "Everyone is on guard, there is gauze on the face, and it has not been touched at all, but not only why, it was suddenly dyed." ”

He was so nervous that he walked outside the quarantine area, reluctant to go in.

Lu Xiaotian poured lime water on his body, took the veil handed over by others, and walked into the quarantine area.

It took less than a moment to pass from him, but the old man's face was already pale, the corners of his eyes were seriously black, and when he snorted, he was dead.

There were four officials lying on the ground who were vomiting non-stop, Lu Xiaotian's heart was cold, and he immediately covered his mouth and nose and withdrew from the isolation area.

Although he didn't know what else was so powerful about this plague, he knew that the speed of this plague was quite alarming, and if it was infected, it would definitely die.

The officials who were guarding outside saw that his face was not good, and they were also scared in their hearts, and they couldn't help but retreat. In the end, I don't know who was so frightened that he suddenly dropped his weapon, shouted "Dead, the plague is coming", and ran away.

The victims who were still receiving rice and grain in the distance were originally scared in their hearts, but when they heard this shout, they immediately screamed in fright, and the team was instantly dispersed, some people went to grab food, some people went to grab quilts, and some people looked around, not knowing where to run.

In just a few blinks of an eye, the scene was chaotic, and Gong Xiru had to let the officials act to temporarily trap the rioting refugees.

It was easy to stop everyone, Zhu Mo looked at the mess all over the ground, and said with a wry smile: "I finally know what it means to be in dire straits." ”

Lu Xiaotian walked over, his forehead was full of sweat, he just wasted a lot of effort in order to stop those crazy people, he could neither kill nor injure.

"You've just seen it." He let out a long sigh of relief.

Gong Xiru frowned: "I always feel that this plague came too suddenly. ”

Bai Lang also nodded: "Before we came, the environment here was even more miserable, but why did the plague come after we came, after everything got better?" ”

When he said this, Zhu Mo also felt strange: "Yes, in the first few days after I came, you also saw that the stench of rotting corpses everywhere was stinking, and those refugees almost didn't eat the corpses of the dead." ”

Lu Xiaotian didn't bother to care about these details, what he was most worried about now was how to control the plague, just now he had determined that this disease spread very quickly, and the death was also very fast.

When Mrs. Hu learned that there was a riot here, she hurried over with the rest of the Yamen to help, and was relieved to see that the scene had been controlled, but immediately, her brows furrowed again. (To be continued......)