Chapter 33: The Beginning of the Calamity
Zhong Jiu still doesn't understand now? Where are people here to play? I'm here to play with my life!
"I, I don't know what the three nobles are talking about, please leave early after the three of you have rested."
Jiang Feng frowned, didn't he know about it and didn't report it? Aren't you afraid that he will punish him for a crime of concealment?
Yun Qi cast a calm look.
"Is there really an epidemic in Qinglin Township? How many people have been infected? β
Zhong Jiu's face turned white with fright, how could he dare to say more?
"I really don't know, don't ask me, don't ask me-"
Lin Aqi slapped the table: "It was your old lady who asked us to ask, the old man cares about his daughter and grandson, you won't sit back and watch and not help, right?" β
"I didn't!" Zhong Jiu glared.
Lin Aqi smiled, this kind of guy has been sold to the master's family since he was a child, and naturally the safety of the master's family is the most important, at this moment, when he hears Lin Aqi provoke, how can there be any reason not to say it?
Yunqi touched her head appreciatively.
"It's not that I dare not say it, that scene is really terrible! Those people felt dizzy at first, they couldn't eat, and within two days they had a rash on their bodies, and the more they scratched, the more itchy they became, and some of them even scratched their flesh and blood, which couldn't stop the itching......"
Zhong Jiu's eyes dodged, and his eyes were full of fear: "There are also people who can't stand the itch, so they simply cut the meat with a knife, but the itch has penetrated into the bones, and it is useless." β
Yun Qi frowned, and Jiang Feng took the first step to exclaim: "There is such a disease in the world? β
"My lord! You don't know, this is indeed what I saw with my own eyes, if it weren't for the family reason, I would have to come back, I would have to be held there, and I couldn't get out at all. β
"That's the case, it seems that there is a reason for the news of the lockdown there."
Zhong Jiu left tears: "The third girl didn't let me talk nonsense, and told me not to go again after I came back, but how old Qinglin Township is, she may be in danger one day......"
Lin Aqi couldn't bear it and patted him on the shoulder: "What you say now is not rigorous enough, if you think about it, what are the omissions, we will find a way." β
Zhong Jiu wiped his tears for a moment: "Can you rescue the three girls?" β
Lin Aqi looked at Yunqi, since he was the daughter of Mrs. An Zhong's life-saving benefactor, he should do his best.
It's still the same as Lin Archie's: "We'll figure it out." β
"Good! Good! Zhong Jiu wiped away his tears, these three people all have a cloudy temperament, and they must not be gullible people. He began to elaborate on what he knew.
"Just two months ago, there was nothing unusual in Qinglin Township, and a circus came from Yuxiang, and people gathered in one place to watch the excitement. But since the circus left, the people who had been watching began to feel uncomfortable. β
Circus?
"How long has the circus been running?" Yunqi asked.
"I've been performing for half a month, and I've been on the fifteenth day of junior high school."
"How long has it been since the anomaly appeared?"
Zhong Jiu thought about it carefully, and counted it with his fingers for a long time: "Oh! I remember! It was the birthday of the three girls' mother-in-law, and many people were invited to the reunion, and two days later, the guests began to get dizzy. Going backwards, it's nineteen. β
"Fifteen goes, nineteen is abnormal, it seems that there is something wrong with this circus." Jiang Feng said firmly.
"Ughβwho's to say it's not?" Zhong Jiu slapped the table, "The county lord has sent out to investigate, Yuxiang is the root of the circus, and how many circuses in the country have been born from there, and everyone can't think of it." β
"How did you find out that it had something to do with the circus?" Lin Archie looked at him, his eyes burning.
"I don't know about that." Zhong Jiu scratched his head embarrassedly, "Anyway, the people above found out, so they went to investigate." β
Yunqi didn't get entangled, Zhong Jiu came from hearsay after all, and it would be strange if he spoke completely and thoroughly.
Lin Aqi and Jiang Feng looked much more regretful.
"Are there anything else unusual about those dizzy people coming home?"
Speaking of this, Zhong Jiu felt a burst of remorse: "Those bastards bullied our girl's mother's family, so they bullied her hard!" What to say is because she was disrespectful to her mother-in-law and collided with her mother-in-law on the day of the birthday banquet, which caused the god of longevity to be angry and affected the luck of the guests. β
The corners of Lin Aqi's mouth twitched: "What kind of bullshit logic is this?" My master doesn't look like this! β
"That's it!" Zhong Jiu looked at Lin Aqi, and felt a sense of pity, "Girl, you don't know, how pitiful the three girls in my family are alone, she gave birth to three daughters to have a son, but not long after the youngest son was born, her mother-in-law urged her to let Xi Ge take a concubine ......"
Seeing that the topic gradually deviated, Lin Aqi nodded, indicating that he was also sad: "Then your girl has been very frustrated since the guests became dizzy, right?" β
"Who's to say it isn't?" Zhong Jiu wept again.
"You just said that after being dizzy, you lose your appetite and can't eat, you can't blame Shoushen, right?" Lin Aqi frowned, these people are really wonderful, "Could it be that they itch and bleed because of Shoushen?" Will the god of food and the god of health also be wronged by them? β
Jiang Feng couldn't hold back for a while, and laughed: "Yes, yes, your girl is indeed too wronged." β
After getting the affirmation of the person in front of him, Zhong Jiu worked harder when he recalled.
"Our girl has been depressed for a while, and Mrs. Zhang Luona's concubine has become more diligent in driving away bad luck. In the past, our three girls had the credit of giving birth to a child and could stop it for a while, but now we are silent behind closed doors. β
The three of them were silent for a while, and they didn't know where to start when they married into such a family.
Jiang Feng was a little stunned, a person like him, if he didn't accept one hundred and eighty concubines in the future, the world would think that he was abnormal, right?
"It's all my fault, if I had a little more ability, I would be able to protect her."
Lin Aqi patted him on the shoulder: "Zhong Jiu, you don't have to blame yourself, think about it, it is her mother-in-law's wish to have a concubine, your girl has been married for so long before turning the sky upside down, presumably her husband is excellent." β
Zhong Jiu nodded, his expression was finally soothing, and he also remembered the matter: "Our brother Xi loves his daughter-in-law, and he is very good to our three girls." After the guests began to get dizzy, the third girl stayed in her yard and did not go out, but fortunately, she did not move, so she did not catch that strange disease. β
He paused: "But those guests were miserable, and then it spread ten or ten hundreds, and the epidemic became a little serious, and the official even called Brother Xi to go to the government to ask." β
Yunqi grasped the point: "No one in your house is sick!" β
Zhong Jiu shook his head resolutely: "This is absolutely nothing!" β
"That's weird." Lin Aqi propped his chin, "The people in the house are not sick, but those who came to the banquet have it-"
Jiang Feng's brain finally brightened: "Then it means that the source of the disaster is not the house!" It's the guests themselves who have a problem! β
Zhong Jiu patted his thigh: "What the noble man said is true!" That's what the official said! Our house got rid of the reputation of being disliked, and the mood of the three girls improved. β
"So, those guests have something to do with the circus?"
Zhong Jiu scratched his head: "I didn't pay attention to the rest of the matter, as long as our girl is fine, there is nothing to do in the house." In short, those people became more and more terrible when they became ill, and they were afraid that if it spread, Qinglin Township would be blocked. I can only go out of the countryside by being a guy in the house. β
Yun nodded, the honest and loyal guy in front of him had said enough, and they still needed to dig deeper themselves.
"Who is the head of Qinglin Township and the head of Lanzhou Prefecture?"
"I know this!" Jiang Feng jumped and replied, "The governor's name is Zhou Cheng, and he is a distant relative of a maid in my house. β
Lin Aqi glanced over, and the maid's distant relatives could inquire about it.
Jiang Feng: Hey! What kind of eyes do you have?
"As for this township chiefβ" The official position was too small, and he didn't pay attention. Looking at Zhong Jiu, Zhong Jiu hugged his fists and said, "The township chief's name is Yi Bo, and he is a local. β
The locals know their temperament best, and it was indeed a wise move for him to lock down the township.
The three of them thanked Zhong Jiu repeatedly, and Jiang Feng also rewarded him with a few taels of silver to settle his belongings, after all, this tea is really too unpalatable......
Zhong Jiu thanked him again and again, said goodbye to the nobleman, and ran to the grange to reply to the old lady's words.
Zhong Jiu saluted, and Old Madam Zheng was saluting the Buddha, and slowly opened her eyes: "They all believe it?" β
Zhong Jiu bowed: "The villain is all according to the guidance of the old lady, and there is no mistake or omission." β
A hint of gloom flashed on Old Madam Zheng's face, but for a moment, that look was replaced by indifference, Zhong Jiu rubbed his eyes, and thought that he had seen it wrong.
"Hmph-" the old man let out an impatient sound, "ruining my family and causing me to get to this point, do you really think I can treat them as before?" If I knew that it was Jiang Feng's kid who came, I shouldn't have let him go back. β
Zhong Jiu was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Old lady, Jiang Feng's kid is more clever than his brother, and that girl dressed as a man, I was almost tricked into it by her several times when I spoke, but I still mentioned the three girls again and again so that they didn't make them suspicious." β
Old Madam Zheng was not interested in these two people: "It's just a jumping ant, the man in white, can you find out what his identity is?" β
Zhong Jiu clenched his fists: "The villain is incompetent, not yet." β
The old man patted the Buddha beads, and the heavy and thick Buddha beads were instantly spread on the table, startling the birds outside the house to fly in flocks.
"Zheng Zhu, this useless thing! can't even protect her own son-" It was because she pretended to be sick for so long that Jiang Feng came to visit.
She must get this account back!
Zhong Jiu hurriedly said: "Old lady, don't be in a hurry, my lord, he, uncle, he will definitely be able to avenge the eldest prince." β
"Revenge?" Disdain flashed on the old man's face, "He is always wise enough to protect himself, how can he take revenge?" β
Zhong Jiu smiled flatteringly: "Isn't this still you?" β
The coldness in the old man's eyes finally relaxed a little: "When?" β
"It's too late."
Counting the time, the tea he poured should also work.
"Old lady." Zhong Jiu leaned in and whispered, "According to this arrangement, they must be going to Qinglin Township, Lanzhou Mansion to visit the third girl." β
The old man smiled: "Are you optimistic about her?" β
"It's proper for the villain to do things."
"That's fine, since they're going, let them go."
Zhong Jiu clenched his fists and retreated: "Yes." β
I can go, but I just hope that they will come and go!