Chapter 48: The Pork Problem

"Let's go and wait to speed up and go to the Yamen, and we must get a falling stone out today."

After walking for a while, when they came to the yamen, they were surprised to find that the gate was still closed, and there was no one, which was very strange.

Even at the entrance of the yamen, some people began to set up stalls, perhaps because they knew that there was no one inside, which is why they were so bold.

"My lord, this is okay.... Why is this yamen so bold? You said it was just a day, why is it still like this today?"

Song Ci walked up slowly, and saw that the ground was already dusty, and on the door, when he touched it with his hand, a finger print would appear.

"Here, it seems that no one has lived in this place for a long time, and the yamen doesn't know if it has been relocated, or if there is no one to govern it, but the former possibility seems to be greater, because if there is no Zhixian to live, this bamboo county may already be a mess.

Song Ci looked at it for a while, then came to the bottom, found a vegetable vendor and said, "Boss, please ask something, I don't know why this yamen keeps closing the door]?"

The old man said: "Hey, this is a long story, the yamen has been closed for a month, this county master, I don't know where he went, he was not there for a month, you say, if something happens in the county, what can I do!"

"A month?" Song Ci whispered, and he didn't know whether to go to Lin'an Face Sage or what to do, but a seven-grade prefect had no chance to face the Sage, even if it was the prefect.

Qin Xiaoyue said: "My lord, did you say that this magistrate went back to his hometown to worship his ancestors?" This possibility is small, and it will take less than a month to worship the ancestors, Song feels that either the magistrate goes out to play, or he is killed, but it is impossible for everyone in the yamen to be killed.

"Old man, the county magistrate is not here, if something big happens in the county, how can it be good? Could it be.... Don't you need to deal with it?"

"That's the question... I don't know the old man, anyway, the yamen has not been peaceful recently, and there are a lot of thieves, ranging from gold, silver and jewelry, to firewood, rice, oil, and salt. There's no way, people are county magistrates, and I can't wait!

Song Ci was silent, and several people left, since they came to this Zhu County, then this matter must be clarified.

"By the way, Childe, a few of you are from out of town, let me tell you, there has been a swine fever in the county recently, and you can't eat pork, and you will get sick if you eat it.

"Swine fever? Is it that serious?"

"But it's not, it is said that these swine fever came from other provinces, and it is not pigs dying pigs, it is directly people dying pigs, don't you say it's terrible? At that time, it was fine to eat this pork, but after a long time, it was easy to get sick, which was infuriating!"

"Then the yamen didn't find a way to solve this kind of thing?"

"What's the solution, no one can cure this disease, many large pig farmers are now suffering heavy losses, and they have lost all their money, and they are angry to death!"

Knowing the truth of the matter, Song Ci looked at the yamen again, and after a long time, the sun had come to the top of the head, and it was already noon on the day, and it was time to eat.

Song Ci said: "In this case, let's go to dinner first, and by the way, ask about the situation of this swine fever, anyway, this matter must be solved by Song."

Qin Xiaoyue said with a smile: "We adults will not only solve the case of human life, but also solve the matter of swine fever."

Lu Sheng said: "It's not, as long as I follow the adults for a long time, one day in the future, I will open a pig farm after I go home, I want to raise pigs, and then earn some money for the elderly."

"Do you care for the elderly? How old are you? How did you think of retirement? In case an adult rises in the future, you will also rise, and the money given by the court alone will be enough for you to support your old age. ”

Wenwu said: "You can't do it, only our two brothers, when we were in the palace before, but we had dealings with many cooks, and it depends on us about raising pigs."

The crowd walked in a restaurant, strode in, due to the spread of swine fever, there were no guests in it at the moment, seeing Song Ci and others coming, the shopkeeper hurriedly came over to wipe the table.

"What would you like to eat? In my restaurant, there are a lot of good things, as long as the guest officer pays the starting price, the old man will get it for you.

Song Ci said: "Shopkeeper, in addition to pork, let's have a good dish in your store!"

The shopkeeper said, "Okay, wait a minute." After greeting Xiao Er, he continued: Listening to the accent of the guest officer, it doesn't look like we locals, why did you suddenly come to our ghost place in Zhuxian?"

Song Ci said: "Isn't Zhuxian very good, why did it become a ghost place?" Shopkeeper, I don't know why you say that?"

He sat opposite Song Ci and said: "The guest officer doesn't know, our county, there has been swine fever recently, you see, there is not a single guest in the restaurant now?" What's going on with this business?"

Lu Sheng said: "If there is swine fever, it is not necessary that other domestic animals are also sick, and it stands to reason that it will not affect the restaurant."

The shopkeeper sighed with emotion: "Isn't it, you said that people nowadays are also timid, and they are afraid of this and that all day long, could it be that other domestic animals are also sick?" Not necessarily!"

Song Ci remembered the scene when he first arrived outside the county seat, in that village, when the people saw themselves, they immediately closed the door and disappeared, so they seemed to be afraid that they would bring swine fever and then infect the pigs, and they were very distressed.

That's all in the past, otherwise how can you explain it?

Song Ci said: "By the way, the shopkeeper, I don't know if anyone in the county has died because of eating plague pork?"

"It's... It is said that at that time it was when swine fever first came in, and everyone didn't know at the time, and later, more and more pigs died, more and more, and then, a chicken and duck seller released the news, saying that pork could not be eaten. ”

"So as soon as the news spread, everyone didn't dare to eat it?"

"Yes, yes, now you don't even have to eat lard, what do you say the common people use to stir-fry? Is butter and mutton fat too expensive? How much can the people afford?"

"Then the yamen didn't order to put an end to the sale of pork? Or, hunt all the pigs that haven't died yet?"

.“ This... Not really, but the magistrate left shortly after that, and the yamen was closed, and it hadn't been open for a month. ”

Wenwu cursed, "Maybe the magistrate was greedy for life and afraid of death, and he was afraid that he would suffer from swine fever, so he quietly fled and came back when it was solved in the future."

Song Ci felt that this possibility was very high, otherwise there would be no reasonable explanation, and it seemed that this should be the case.

"Shopkeeper, thank you for telling me so much, in addition, Song is here to give you a thorough explanation, I am a prison officer given by the emperor, this swine fever problem, Song has solved it for you.

“.... Mention the prison officer?" He obviously hasn't come back to his senses yet, "Childe, are you the Song Ci Song who has solved many big cases?"

"Yes, I'm Song Ci."

"Oh, Lord Qingtian, you have come to our county seat." The shopkeeper knelt on the ground, "We are here, the sky above our heads is dark, as if it is covered by an invisible hand, and the people can't see the clear sky in the sky!"

Song Ci said: "The shopkeeper, you get up first, about this, Song promises that there will be a clear and clear sky in Zhu County within a month, so that the blue sky is not black, and the stream is not turbid."

Qin Xiaoyue said: "I didn't expect the shopkeeper to have heard of our family, it's really powerful, my lord, you will be famous for eternity."

Song Ci smiled bitterly, after eating, everyone left, and when he returned to the inn, Song Ci took out a blank piece of paper and wrote a letter, ready to hand it over to the saint.