"The little ones should die, please forgive the adults." Liang Quan was frightened, quickly got up, stepped back, and knelt down.

"I wonder what you're trying to do?" Liang Quan looked at Xia Bingzhuo holding the pen in his hand, and asked pretending to be puzzled.

"Naturally, it is to write a chapter to show Your Majesty, the outbreak of the plague in Longcheng, let Your Majesty make a decision as soon as possible, and send supplies to support." Xia Bingzhuo replied.

"I wonder if you have ever considered the consequences of doing this?" Liang Quan asked rhetorically.

"The consequences?" Xia Bingzhuo looked at Liang Quan's slightly deep eyes, and was even more puzzled.

"Didn't your lord forget the purpose of His Majesty sending your lord to Longcheng?" Liang Quan didn't know what medicine was sold in the gourd.

"Your Majesty trusts your lords, so you will send your lords to investigate the plague in Longcheng, but your majesty should know that this plague is related to the foundation of the country, Your Majesty means, whether this Longcheng thing is true or not, it can't reach his ears, if everyone in the world knows, under the rule of His Majesty, there will be a plague, wouldn't it make the people of the world laugh at Your Majesty's unfavorable governance, so Your Majesty will send your majesty to investigate this matter, if your majesty handed this piece to the emperor's hands, refuted Your Majesty's face, I'm afraid Your Majesty will blame you, when the time comes, it may be difficult for even the queen to intercede for you. ”

"What?!" Xia Bingzhuo was so frightened by Liang Quan's words that he even threw away the pen in his hand at once.

He panicked, he thought that this was a beautiful difference, how could there be a plague in Longcheng, when the time came to return to Beijing to restore his life, His Majesty would praise him for his meritorious work and reward him, now it's okay, I didn't expect this thing to be a hot potato, not to mention the reward, he may also lose the black yarn hat because of this.

"What to do? What to do? The more he thought about it, the more restless he became, and fine sweat continued to break out from his forehead, he looked east and west, and finally stopped his gaze on Liang Quan under the hall.

He immediately got up and walked to Liang Quan's side, grabbing his fat hand, maybe at this time, only he could help him.

"So what do I do now?"

Liang Quan looked at Xia Bingzhuo, who was anxious, his eyes gradually covered with a shrewd look, and he said, "Your Excellency will not move for the time being, just wait for the villagers in Tengjia Village who have contracted the epidemic to die, and then your lord will burn down Tengjia Village, so that everything will be solved?" At that time, even if His Majesty knows that there is really a plague in Longcheng, the plague has been solved by the adults, and His Majesty will reward the adults for their meritorious efforts in curing the epidemic. ”

"But Chao Zinu is still in Tengjia Village." Xia Bingzhuo's eyebrows still didn't stretch for half a minute.

"My lord, Chao Zinu is from Zhongzhou, this is Beiyuan, as an official of the foreign dynasty, he shouldn't be in charge of the affairs of this dynasty, if your lord is afraid that he will spoil our big affairs, why don't we take him..."

Xia Bingzhuo was shocked and asked, "He is the ambassador of peace from Zhongzhou, if he dies unexplained, how will Your Majesty explain to Zhongzhou?" ”

"My lord..."Liang Quan patted the back of Xia Bingzhuo's tense hand, and said with a relaxed face, "Why don't you understand, now that Beiyuan has married Pu Liang, why not be afraid of a small Zhongzhou, besides, now that the plague is rampant, when the time comes, we will say that Chaozi Nu died of the plague, in order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, we have to burn his body, so that even if they want to investigate, there is no way to investigate?" Well? ”

"But..."Xia Bingzhuo was still a little hesitant......

"My lord, have you thought clearly, if the eye-catching guy Chao Zinu doesn't die, then what will happen to you."

Xia Bingzhuo pursed his lips exquisitely, his eyes looked to the side, and narrowed his eyes slightly, "If this is the case, then let's do it." ”

"Huh." Liang Quan looked at the man, and a wicked smile flashed on his lips.

"Don't worry, adults, I'll leave this matter to the little one."

"You must be careful, Chao Zinu is very shrewd, don't show any sloppiness and let him suspect me." Xia Bingzhuo repeatedly told Liang Quan.

……… Tengjia Village

"Your Excellency." The man dressed in white and masked walked up to Chao Zinu and handed the two veils to the two, Chao Zinu did not move his eyes, but took the veil casually, but did not make any next move.

"How's it going?" Chao Zinu asked lightly, unable to hear half of his emotions.

"For the time being, we have not found out what caused the plague, but this is not like an ordinary plague, and we can only temporarily control the spread and outbreak of the epidemic with medicine." The old doctor glanced at Chao Zinu, did not speak, just sighed helplessly, the wind chime looked at him, this old man was the old man who treated her, the wind chime recognized, watching the old man's hair add a little gray in a few days, without frowning.

The old man saw that Chaozi was silent, stayed for half a minute, turned around and left silently.

Wind Chime also secretly glanced at the man beside her, her eyes like ice crystals were covered with heavy sadness, she lowered her eyes and pondered for a while, then turned to follow the old doctor's steps.

"Doctor, please stay." After following all the way for a long time, the wind chime opened his mouth to stop the old man, and the old doctor turned around and saw that the person who came was the wind chime, and the doubts were written on his face.

"Kid?" The old doctor had been with the wind chimes for many days, and he had long regarded her as if she were his own child.

Seeing that the old man stopped, Feng Chime frowned and stepped forward quickly, and asked, "Doctor, did you have anything you wanted to say to the adults just now?" ”

The old man raised his eyebrows, obviously being hit by the wind chimes, and his eyes moved away.

"Is something wrong?" Feng Chime is not a fool, seeing the old man's face, she already knew it in her heart, and she continued to ask.

"Doctor, just tell me, I want to help too." Things have happened to this point, she has an unshirkable responsibility, looking at this shocking picture, how can she do nothing that has not happened.

"Kid, don't worry, it's not a big deal." The old man saw that the wind chimes were so anxious, and comforted her.

"It is now that the plague is raging, menacing, and a large number of patients are admitted to Tengjia Village, but because the cause is not clear, the symptoms can only be alleviated through medicine, resulting in a shortage of materials in Longcheng now, and the materials of the imperial court have not yet come down, so they can only ask for help from several neighboring states and counties, but this back and forth is tiring, trekking through mountains and rivers, not to mention a seven-day journey, I am afraid that far water can not quench the thirst of the near."

Wind Chime listened to the old doctor's words, her brows tightened more and more, and she asked, "Is there no other way?" ”

The old doctor's cloudy eyes didn't know where to go, his eyes that saw the warmth and coldness of the world and human feelings had long been darkened in the ravages of the years, and the gloom of the world had exhausted the grandeur of the past, and the ruthless shackles restrained the beating heart.

"The only thing we can do now is to find out the cause of the plague as soon as possible..."

"Cause?" The wind chimes lowered their heads and murmured silently, a slight hint bursting out of their eyes.

……

"Wind Chime Girl, what are you doing here?" Chao Zinu looked at this piece of ice and snow, the water of the river was not flowing as if it was dead, last time she asked him to come here, and he was here to save her.

He turned his head and looked at the woman beside him.

"Find the cause." The wind chime also turned his head to look at him and said.

While talking, the two of them had already walked to the edge of the river, it was freezing cold, and the surface of the river had condensed into a thin layer of crystal.

She turned to Chao Zinu and said, "Monroe and I once put a medicine in this river on the orders of the sect master. ”

"Drugs?" Chao Zinu frowned.

"Hmm." She nodded, "But I don't know what it is, I just obeyed the arrangement of the sect master, but I can be sure that the plague in Tengjia Village must be related to this medicine." ”

Chao Zinu looked at this big river, the waters of this river are vast, the river is turbulent, how can a little medicine pollute the entire river? And this river is the river of life in Longcheng, almost crossing the entire Longcheng, why did the people of Tengjia Village contract the plague? What's the secret?

Chao Zinu walked to the bank of the river and squatted down, looked at the clear river, and began to check.

Wind Chimes walked up to him and crouched down with him, "Do you notice any difference?" ”

Chao Zinu frowned slightly, and there was nothing in his eyes except doubt, he pursed his lips and shook his head at her.

"There's nothing wrong with the water."

When the wind chimes heard this, they were even more puzzled, looked around, and said, "I'll go ahead and have a look." ”

"Okay." The man responded.

The two motioned to each other, and the wind chimes got up and headed upstream, while Chao Zinu continued to look down at the river.

The water is so clear that you can't see anything out of the ordinary.

"What went wrong?" He got up and walked a few meters downstream.

This is the boundary point of the Langhe River, from which the water sources branch, partly to the city, and partly along the Yellow River through Tengjia Village.

"Is that the problem?" Chaozi was so secretive that he raised his eyes to look at the wide river.

Suddenly, his eyes noticed something black like fine sand deposited in the shallows.

He squatted down, reached out and took out some black unidentified objects, rubbed his fingertips gently, and suddenly, as if something had been crushed by him, there was a sticky touch from his fingertips, and a faint rancid smell came from the air, Chao Zinu frowned, only felt a burst of irritability, he put his hand into the clean river water, took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, and wiped his fingers with a cold face.

Just as he was wiping his hands, a few sneaky figures suddenly appeared on the clear surface of the river, and people didn't know that his movements had already been clearly seen by Chao Zinu.

The sharp blade burst out with a beam of cold light, and the person who came saw the opportunity silently raised the blade and slashed at the slave.

Wind Chime happened to turn around and saw the scene in front of him, out of nowhere, a group of black-clothed people surrounded Chao Zinu, and was about to sneak attack him from behind, Feng Chime was shocked, ran towards him, and reminded Chao Zinu in surprise, "Be careful behind you!" ”

When the visitor saw that he was discovered, the knife slashed at him without the slightest hesitation.

Chao Zinu looked calm, and the moment the knife fell, he flew up, swept aside, and set off a burst of frost, and the hard frost turned into sharp ice arrows and stabbed at the man in black.