The magistrate of Santing County and the main bookkeeper were sitting in the courtyard of the back office drinking tea at this time, but the two cups of tea were already cold and had not been served once.

The county magistrate Fang Yuhua raised his eyes and looked at Huang Sheng, the master of the prefect who also had a sad face, and said in a low voice: "What is wrong with the master of Huang and the prefect?" ”

Master Huang shook his head: "The mission is the face of the official family, and the news is probably about to reach Bianliang now, at most there will be more than ten days, the reprimand and the edict will come down, and I am afraid that someone will come down from the Dali Temple of the Criminal Department, and there will be ...... There are also these officials of the internal guards in the city, our little Santing County is going to be famous! As for the Lord of Futai, he is just waiting for the impeachment and dismissal of the Imperial Historical Observatory...... Where else can I think about it? ”

"Alas! I barely persuaded the regimental training to make the martial artist and the borrowed box army search the mountains and forests, but it's been two days, and there are no clues, how can this be good! I think someone on our side, although he is not too educated, he is also a fellow jinshi who has been released, and he has not been evaluated for three years, so he will not be able to go far into exile? Alas......"

Master Huang pursed his lips slightly, knowing in his heart...... This magistrate is faintly threatening himself! Lord Futai has given up struggling behind closed doors, that's what he can see! The emperor's face was slapped in the face, and he wanted to get it back! Your prefect is so chaotic that thieves attack the mission and slaughter the forbidden army, if you don't die, who will die? You are a small county magistrate and a sesame official, what else can't you put in this Guizhou Mansion, which is no different from the place of exile?

Disdainful in his heart, Master Huang's face still showed concern: "County Zun, if you want to avoid this catastrophe, it is no longer possible, you still have to think of some ways to redeem your merits for the guilt!" ”

Fang Zhixian secretly scolded...... What I'm waiting for is the words of you, the head snake! But he still said politely: "Master Huang is from a big family in Guizhou Mansion, and he knows everything about the grass and trees of this land and water, and I hope that Master Huang will think of some ways for Santing County!" ”

Huang Sheng thought for a while: "Those wastes in the Xiangjun are not of great use, and it is only right to be transferred back to lock the borders of several main roads in Guizhou Mansion and pay attention to the clues of the exchanges, now I am waiting for my eyes to be black, even if I want to shirk my responsibility, I don't know who to go to?" ”

Fang Zhixian's eyes rolled: "If not...... Could it be that the Jiaozhi people turned their backs for a while and wanted to start a war again to provoke ......"

"Never!" As soon as Master Huang heard the idea of this county venerable being a little frustrated, he immediately interrupted: "Don't you know where this mission came from?" The official family is bent on guarding the territory and guarding the northern country, and even Dali has begun to discuss the matter of canonization again, how can they have the heart to start a war? It's too late to appease, and if the county leader turns things into a dirty affair between the two countries, it will be a catastrophe! ”

Fang Zhixian slapped his head: "Gaffe...... It's me who is in a hurry! According to Huang's opinion, how should it be born? ”

Master Huang gritted his teeth: "It's just a broken arm to survive, I know that the county lord and the Lord of Nafutai have always been friends, and it is better to do my best to protect Lord Futai!" Yitu County will make a comeback in the future! ”

Fang Zhixian's eyes were cold: "How do you say this?" ”

Master Huang said: "The first thing is to find the whereabouts of the envoys of the mission as soon as possible before the arrival of the criminal department and the internal guards, and to see the corpses alive or dead!" Then、Find out what the official's mind is on this matter, and then determine the culprit! Try to arrange the criminals as homeless bandits or local mountain people. In this way, the case will be much simpler, and there will only be the crime of lax governance, and then the culprit will be killed and the crime will be reversed! In this way, the people of Futai will be able to minimize the damage......"

Fang Zhixian smiled coldly: "This ...... That's what Futai meant, right? ”

Master Huang bowed his head slightly, and said in a cold voice: "Lord Futai also wants to try his best to save the face of the official family, and I hope that the county lord will understand his old man's hard work!" ”

"Lord Futai, this is for me to take all the sins of Santing County! Haha......" Fang Zhixian stood up in amazement and took a few steps: "I'll carry it!" But...... Huang Zhushu is a fellow official, so I am afraid that he will not be able to escape this catastrophe! ”

Master Huang sighed: "Huang is from a local Tu tribe, and being able to share the worries of the people of Futai can be regarded as solving problems for the clansmen." ”

"Humph!" Fang Zhixian's face was full of iron, and he brushed his sleeves away.

Wu Zhanghuan, the captain of Yanzhitang Xuanjie, was lying on his back on a bed groggily at this time, and a solemn Lang Zhong beside him was checking his pulse......

Lang Zhong's left hand shook and moved his body back without a trace: "Dare to ask the big official if he has any other symptoms?" ”

Wu Zhanghuan opened his eyes, looked at Lang Zhong coldly and said: "Fever, abdominal pain, itchy hands and feet, slight diarrhea, I have not delayed eating." The two subordinates with broken legs also had the same symptoms, but they were more serious than so-and-so! ”

Lang Zhong looked at the two men in the room, his eyes flashed, and Wu Zhanghuan said in a deep voice when he saw this: "They are all henchmen and subordinates, and they have something to say!" ”

Lang Zhong nodded and said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that the symptoms are not Gu poison, and they are not too much." In the next herb, he doesn't know much about this Gu poison, and Hong Bashou, the servant of Santing County, is the expert who knows the most about Gu poison in this county, and the big officials still looked for him earlier, so it was proper! ”

"Gu Poison!" Wu Zhanghuan's face turned pale, and he couldn't help but feel a little flustered: "Are you sure?" ”

Lang Zhong got up and gave a salute: "This southern Xinjiang land, there are many miasma, and there are countless poisonous insects, but this Gu poison is artificially contrived, and it will not admit its mistake in the next decision, the Gu poison on the big official's body has not yet attacked, but the three people who have been infected can't delay any longer, and I hope that the big official will make a decision as soon as possible!" After saying goodbye...... Lang Zhong didn't even ask for the consultation fee, so he turned around and left in a hurry.

"Hold a certain waist card, look for that Hong eight hands!" Wu Zhanghuan glanced at the two ugly subordinates beside him, and immediately said.

"Subordinates obey!"

The two subordinates bowed, turned around and hurried out! No longer this day and night, the face of the cold and the warm hand of tea and water is gone, as if Wu Zhanghuan has already had a Gu poison attack and is about to infect them. The angry Wu Zhanghuan gritted his teeth fiercely and fell on the bed in a panic......

He closed the courtyard door with eight hands, sat on a stone pier in the small courtyard, felt a little uneasy, and then got up and put on his clothes and wanted to go to Yizhuang again.

As soon as he locked the door, when Hong Bashou turned around, he saw a man dressed as a mountain man carrying a long bamboo basket on his shoulder, standing in the alley and looking at him coldly.

Hong Bashou's face turned pale, he looked at the deserted and empty alley, and said in a low voice: "I have already done what you ordered, what else do you want?" ”

The mountain man slowly walked a few steps closer, raised his eyes to look at Hong Bashou and said, "You sent the family away?" ”

Hong Bashou hesitated for a while and replied: "The plague is about to break out in these three counties, and I am afraid that nearly half of the people will not be able to live. ”

The mountain people took out a black cloth flower hat in their arms, raised their hands and threw it into Hong Bashou's hands, and said with a smile: "Since you know that it is not safe, how good can the fragrant village outside the city be?" Don't worry, your family is now in our mountains, and it's safe! You don't have to do much, we won't delay you in saving people, after the plague breaks, you can save people as much as you want! Just don't be too troubled now, you know? ”

Hong Bashou looked at the flower hat of the youngest son in his hand: "After the matter is completed, will you still spare the lives of my family?" ”

The mountain people lowered their heads and thought: "If your wife and three dolls can stay, you will die of the plague." ”

"Got it!"

Wu Zhanghuan's two subordinates hurriedly found Hong Bashou sitting in the back hall in the county office, shook the waist card in front of the magistrate, and took Hong Bashou to the remote courtyard rented by Yan Zhitang.

Hong Bashou knew that the military attache in front of him was a big man with a background, and he couldn't help but feel uneasy, but he still patiently looked at Wu Zhanghuan's eyelids and navel, and also looked at his nails and Gu Dao......

Wu Zhanghuan still had a trace of luck in his heart, and asked in a low voice: "Hong Chengzuo, but what kind of poison is that?" ”

Hong Bashou was wiping his palms with spirits, and nodded when he heard this: "It's indeed Gu poison, it's still a very powerful kind." ”

Wu Zhanghuan's heart was cold: "Is there a way to cure it?" ”

Hong Bashou frowned and replied: "Chicken blood, ash at the bottom of the stove, plus a few herbs, and ten raw chickens to induce vomiting, maybe it can be saved!" ”

Wu Zhanghuan gritted his teeth and scolded the two subordinates at the door: "If you are deaf, immediately follow the prescription made by Hong Cheng to grab the medicine and prepare!" ”

"Subordinates obey!" The two subordinates immediately rushed out of the door.

Hong Bashou looked up at Wu Zhanghuan's sallow face and said in a low voice: "This is the old recipe for getting rid of Gu poison, after taking the medicine, fill the raw chicken and then induce vomiting, if you can vomit cleanly, you will be fine, if you can't vomit cleanly, there will be no way!" ”

Wu Zhanghuan's face turned pale and asked in a deep voice, "What happened to the other two under me?" ”

Hong Bashou shook his head: "It's not helped, it's too badly injured and hurts the vitality, the Gu poison has already entered the heart, and in a day or two, the poisonous insects will attack, and it will infect others." One suggested...... Move them to Yizhuang or the wild grass hut, and burn them when they breathe! ”

Wu Zhanghuan's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he nodded: "How did the three of us get contaminated with Gu poison?" Does it have anything to do with the corpses in Yizhuang? ”

Hong Bashou shook his head: "I don't know, there are a lot of poisonous insects in southern Xinjiang, those corpses are indeed poisoned, but they don't look like Gu poison, and the magistrate sent by the Lord of Futai also thinks so, the captain still thinks about whether he has eaten any food of unknown origin in the past few days, or has been bitten by some poisonous insects." ”

Wu Zhanghuan's face changed a few times, but he still gritted his teeth and clenched his fists and said: "No matter what, please ask Hong Yanzuo to save the life of a certain family!" Wu will definitely have a good reward in the future, and please accept these silver coins, don't shirk! ”

After that, Wu Zhanghuan took out two ingots of silver and pushed it in front of Hong Bashou in the burden on his side, and Hong Bashou hurriedly excused himself when he saw this: "My lord has broken so-and-so, I can't do it!" ”

"Take it!" Wu Zhanghuan's face was cold: "If you don't take it, Wu Mou will think that Hong Qizuo doesn't want to try his best to diagnose and treat!" ”

Hong Bashou walked out of the back door of the small courtyard with ten taels of silver in his arms, and a cart pulled by a donkey was parked beside him. In the carriage were two straw mat buckets, and the bodies of two men with broken legs were rolled inside.

Wu Zhanghuan instructed his subordinates to execute the two killers who had their legs cut off, and then handed them over to Hong Bashou and pulled them outside the city to be cremated.

Hong Bashou silently walked in front, followed by a killer of Yan Zhitang, and the two of them walked along the edge of the secluded city wall towards the corner gate in a donkey cart.