"Can you discuss any countermeasures?" Emperor Chengwu rubbed his brows and said.

Yesterday, Emperor Chengwu had just received the news from the prefect of Yancheng, and the court and China were suddenly in chaos, one after another, but he never thought about it, but today it was terrifyingly quiet.

No one wants to be this bird, and they can't save their lives.

That's a plague, there has been no way to cure the plague since ancient times, and if you get it, it's a dead end, if anyone opens this mouth first, maybe they will be sent to Yancheng to deal with the plague.

Emperor Chengwu stared at the minister, and he was angry in his heart: "Usually no one will let anyone, but now it's just a way, and I can't think of it?" ”

King Xiang took a step forward and said awe-inspiringly: "Father, what is urgent now is to find out which places are infected with the plague first, and then control the refugees from fleeing to avoid expanding the scope of the plague." ”

At this time, only King Xiang, who has been in the limelight recently, can block the anger of Emperor Chengwu.

Emperor Chengwu looked at his son below, and someone always said that he paid attention, although it was not much different from saying it......

"These dog minions who deceive their superiors and subordinates can even conceal such a big thing and not report it, and I will not spare it. The prefect of Yancheng, the royal majesty is not strict, and he can't escape the blame! ”

The ministers all saw Emperor Chengwu's anger, and couldn't help but sympathize with the prefect in their hearts, but he just happened to hit the emperor's muzzle.

And after hearing Emperor Chengwu's words, the body of the person below couldn't help but tremble.

"Father, although the prefect of Yancheng is guilty of dereliction of duty, but he is not guilty to death, why not let him wear the guilt and make meritorious service, if he does this well, the merits and demerits will be offset, if it is not good, then he will be punished. Otherwise, if you are convicted at this time, I am afraid that people's hearts will be unstable. ”

King Qi's words made Emperor Chengwu pay attention to this son, the fourth child has always been calm and introverted, and he will not be strong in everything, but today's words are not like the usual him.

King Qi looked directly at Emperor Cheng Wu without showing weakness, there was no strange emotion in his eyes, and he was not shocked, but Emperor Cheng Wu couldn't see through it for a while.

Thinking that the fourth child said the same, if he is convicted at this time, I am afraid that the people's hearts will be unstable, and the candidate for replacement is also a problem, after all, it is more special there now, and the position must not be vacant, thinking of this, Emperor Chengwu felt that his head began to hurt again.

There seemed to be 10,000 thin needles in my brain, and I had a splitting headache.

Hurriedly recruited the chamberlain and took the pill, only then did he feel relieved.

After exhaling a breath, he said, "What does Aiqing think?" ”

All the ministers unexpectedly unanimously shouted that the emperor was wise.

Jokes, don't agree is it because they want to be sent by the emperor to that place to live and suffer, in their hearts, they have already decided that if they go there, they are afraid that they will not survive, so far, the plague has not been relieved, which time is not countless deaths and injuries.

King Xiang didn't want to let his father notice the other brothers just after gaining trust, and finally waited until King Jing was away, so he had to grasp his father's favor in his hands.

"The fourth brother is right, but it is impossible to hand over this matter to the prefect of the district, and if the fourth brother can think of this, there should be someone in his heart."

The other brothers present all showed expressions of watching the play, no matter if either of them was defeated, they were very happy, if they wanted to say biased, they hoped that King Qi could suppress the sixth child, and the sixth child was in the limelight these days.

But this time it was still going to disappoint them.

King Qi said slightly apologetically: "Although I also want to share my father's worries, I don't know much about this court, and I may disappoint my father and sixth brother." ”

These words were expected by the people present, King Qi's biological mother was the daughter of a declining nobleman, and she was promoted to a concubine until she gave birth to King Qi.

But this also made King Qi continue her mother's temperament of not fighting or grabbing, and detached from the court. Regardless of the affairs of the court, he is also the one who has the least right to speak among the princes. The words just now were not leaky, but they felt that they had underestimated this King of Qi before, but now it seems that it may be that the blind cat ran into a dead mouse and collided.

"The fourth brother is too modest, but, father, there is a candidate here, please consider it."

"Say."

"Yes." King Xiang's eyes flashed with hidden killing intent, but there was a look of righteousness on his face: "Marquis Ning Yuan is loyal and patriotic, and his majesty is still there, tens of thousands of generals obey him, if he goes, he will definitely be able to find out those treacherous villains one by one, and return the people to justice, and be clean." ”

Marquis Ning Yuan secretly said that it was not good after touching Emperor Chengwu's appreciative eyes, and Emperor Chengwu's suspicion of Marquis Ningyuan's mansion was still there, thinking that he wanted to get rid of him.

Emperor Chengwu looked at Marquis Ning Yuan and said, "Marquis Ning Yuan is indeed the pillar of my Great Jin Dynasty, this matter will be handed over to you to handle, and if it is done, there will be a lot of rewards." ”

They all know that this sentence is just a beautiful scene, and it is very likely that this matter will not come back, but if it can't be done, I am afraid that what we are waiting for will be the catastrophe of the Hou Mansion......

Ning Yuanhou stopped the eldest son who was about to come forward to refute with his eyes, and knelt down to thank him.

Emperor Chengwu ordered the Hanlin Academy to draw up an edict, and asked all the departments to start preparing and set off immediately tomorrow morning.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, other ministers came to congratulate him, although Ning Yuanhou was bitter in his heart, he couldn't show it, otherwise he might be accused of disloyalty, and he could only be wronged with those people.

It wasn't until he left the palace gate and got into his own carriage that the eldest son of Marquis Ning Yuan said: "Why doesn't my father let my son speak, the emperor's move is nothing more than to let my father go and never return, except for my father, except for the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion." ”

Ning Yuanhou looked at his indignant son, and he was also very relieved in his heart. The emperor was suspicious, and their Hou Mansion had followed the previous emperor to fight earlier, and they had made great contributions to have hundreds of thousands of troops under their banner.

But once a son of heaven and a courtier, the early years were fine, in recent years, the emperor has regarded their Ningyuan Marquis Mansion as a thorn in the flesh, if he didn't return most of the army to the emperor, I'm afraid there would be no peaceful life in their Marquis Mansion in recent years.

His son could only hide his clumsiness in this form, otherwise, he believed that none of the disciples of their Chang family were of the wrong species, and his son was just a small lieutenant commander.

sighed and said: "The emperor is already suspicious of our Hou Mansion, if I should not go down at this time, it will put our Hou Mansion in danger, and now I am a blessing to exchange the safety of the whole mansion, and you must not tell your mother after returning to the house." ”

Chang Zimiao was unwilling to say: "My father is so loyal to the emperor, but the emperor listens to the villain, alienates us, and even wants our lives, father, for such a son of heaven, why should we be loyal to him!" ”

"Shut up, this can also be said casually, once it is heard by someone with a heart, the Hou Mansion will fall to a place of no return. Mao'er, I know you have anger in your heart, but the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die, but I hope to be able to tear the enemy on the battlefield and die with glory, not because of the emperor's suspicion. ”

Chang Zimiao knew that his father wanted to think of the days when he fought with the first emperor, and he was wanton and happy, not the current lingering breath, and the Marquis of Ning Yuan has always been a loyal and good minister.

"If, if it weren't for King Xiang's mention, my father might not be remembered by the emperor, we have been low-key all these years, and the emperor will be able to forget us after a while......" King Xiang wants to get the emperor's favor, but he has to step on the blood of their marquis mansion and move up, it is really a good strategy to kill two birds with one stone.

"Even if you can get through this time, you can't escape next time. You must remember that after I go, try not to confront King Xiang's party in the court, no matter what I hear, I will not be able to hear it, you know! ”

Chang Zimiao naturally understood: "Got it, father." ”

Ning Yuanhou patted his son on the shoulder and instructed, "Put away your appearance, if your mother sees you like this, can she not guess what happened?" ”

Chang Zimiao listened to his father and always couldn't leave his mother, and the resentment in his heart also dissipated a little.

Sure enough, within two days, the plague was found in all the large and small villages near Yancheng, and these villages had taken in or had come into contact with refugees without exception.

The people of Yancheng were panicked, and some wealthy merchants of the clan in Yancheng put pressure on the prefect, asking him to close the city gate and prohibit all outsiders from entering Yancheng.

The prefect was also very busy, and the subordinates in the house did not dare to speak loudly, let alone have any slackness, for fear of being used as an arrow target by the lord to get angry.

While he was under the pressure of those wealthy merchants of the clan, he was also worried about the condition of the people. Although he is a little obsessed with power and wants to climb higher, he doesn't want to be a good official who asks for the people, but he is not able to do whatever he wants to achieve his position now.

Listening to the report of the people below, the situation is even worse than he expected, the number of infected people has been increasing rapidly, and the doctors who have been summoned are simply helpless.

The prefect couldn't help but pin his hopes on the Gyeonggi side, hoping that the emperor would send someone from the Tai Hospital as soon as possible......

The prefect's side is so busy that his feet don't touch the ground, and the Xu family's side is not very good, since the news of the plague spread, many ladies of the family have to come to the door to inquire about the news, and it is okay to push it once or twice, but she has no way to turn a blind eye all the time, and his husband still has to rely on the background of these people to help.

In the end, if you can't cope with it, you can only pretend to be sick and don't see any customers.

When those ladies saw this, they were no longer easy to force each other, and they were afraid that they would be sick.

And Xu's party is now sitting in the hall intact, sighing and spitting on Xin Yan.

Xin Yan couldn't help but sigh, Xu's heart is too big, this side blocked all the ladies back, and on the other side, he made a post and invited her into the mansion, which shows that he, the prefect's wife, has done a little more difficult, and he didn't even have a handkerchief to listen to what she said.

Xin Yan pushed a box of pastries in front of Xu Shi and said, "This is the dim sum I made yesterday, you can taste it." ”

Xu Shi said with a sad face: "How can I still be in the mood to eat these things now, I can't even pretend to be sick for a long time, didn't you see the faces of those ladies of the family a few days ago, and they almost ate me." ”

"Isn't there any news from Gyeonggi?"

Xu frowned: "The emperor sent someone, but it's just ...... He sent Ning Yuanhou. You don't know, Marquis Ning Yuan was a loyal minister of the first emperor in the early days, and followed the first emperor into battle to kill the enemy, until the emperor ascended the throne, he slowly declined, but he was also a general, and he could do it when he marched and fought, what could he do to cure the disease and save people, and I don't know what the emperor thought. ”

She felt that it was better for the emperor to send a minister than to send a military general.

Xin Yan asked, "Didn't the emperor send the imperial doctor from the Imperial Hospital?" Or what command was brought. ”

Speaking of this, Xu's heart was on fire again: "The emperor sent people from the Tai Hospital, I heard the master say that the people who were sent here were all those who were not good at specialized research and did not know how to be flexible, and none of the head of the Tai Hospital or a few capable doctors came." Moreover, he also ordered the lord to control the plague, otherwise he would be punished for both crimes. ”

The Xu family couldn't figure out Emperor Chengwu's approach, but Xin Yan had already understood it.

Their emperor, they are suspicious, good-looking and timid, otherwise they would not let the Marquis of Ning Yuan, who had fought in the south and the north, come, and sent a doctor whose medical skills are not very proficient, and left the imperial doctor with good medical skills in the palace, this is just because he is afraid that if the plague spreads to Gyeonggi, will he be able to survive?

Xu Shi said again: "Early this morning, the master took Ning Yuanhou out of the city to investigate the patient, and I was really anxious. ”

Xin Yan had no choice but to comfort: "At least the imperial doctor came out of the imperial hospital, and his medical skills will not be bad, maybe he will be able to find a way in a few days." ”

"I hope so."

Xin Yan accompanied Xu in the prefect's mansion for a while, and then left.

When he returned to the house, he asked Wei Xiaochun to explain the news he had found out. However, the situation was a little more serious than what Xu Shi told her.

"There have been several doctors and soldiers who have developed symptoms of the plague, I heard that this time the symptoms are more ferocious than the previous plague, and the pharmacies that have been handed down to deal with the plague in the past are useless, and those with milder symptoms have only been delayed for a day or two after taking medicine, and the severe ones are completely ineffective, and there have been several riots, although the scale is not large, but there have also been cases of escape among the soldiers."

Xin Yan didn't expect that the matter was so serious, and the most serious point was that the previous prescription was useless, and it was difficult to do it now.

Xin Yan thought for a while, some memories suddenly appeared in his mind, a trace of resoluteness flashed in his eyes, he walked to the table, quickly wrote a few words, handed it to Wei Xiaochun and said, "Send this letter back to the mountain immediately, and let Mr. Yuan come over immediately." ”

Wei Xiaochun was surprised: "The girl wants Mr. Yuan to go down the mountain to find a cure for the plague?" However, I'm afraid Yuan can't do it, Mr. Yuan said that he won't go down the mountain. ”

"He doesn't want to go down the mountain, but he feels that there is no opponent under this mountain that he can match him, and besides, he likes to study those incurable diseases, and this is not a good opportunity, he will come." Xin Yan hooked the corners of his mouth.

"Okay, I'll go."

"Wait." Xin Yan stopped Wei Xiaochun, and before she finished speaking, the girl left in such a hurry.

Early the next morning, Xin Yan asked Wei Xiaochun to prepare the horses.

"Let them prepare the carriage, and we'll go out of the city to see what happens."

Wei Xiaochun lost his voice and said, "Girl, are you going to those villages that are infected with the plague?" This won't work! ”

"We don't go to those that are too serious, we just go and see the situation."

"Girl, you are weak, what if something happens? Didn't you send a message to Mr. Yuan yesterday, wait for Mr. Yuan to come, and then let him deal with it. Wei Xiaochun's voice was full of anxiety.

"I'll go, naturally I don't go with my bare hands, I will do anything to protect it, it's not so easy to get infected, have you forgotten that we also came into contact with Anhua Temple some time ago? I'm not as weak as you think, girl. Xin Yan induced Wei Xiaochun step by step.

"This, this is also ......"

Xin Yan interrupted: "Okay, okay, I've already decided, if you object again, I won't take you with me." ”

"It's not going to work, I'm going." Wei Xiaochun said anxiously, the girl is going, how can you not take me, I have to protect the girl anyway.

Xin Yan's eyes flashed with a hint of cunning, she didn't plan not to take her from the beginning, but she just retreated as advance, no, this stupid girl disarmed and surrendered.

On the other side, Jibei pretended not to see his master's evil smile......

Xin Yan touched Wei Xiaochun's face, and the little face was flushed because of excitement or sulking, but in Xin Yan's eyes, she was a woman from a good family who was molested, and she resisted the urge to pinch it, and still comforted the little maid who had just been cheated by herself.

Ask, what should I do if the personal maid blushes at every turn and makes the master want to commit a crime!