Xiao Mingyue took Amber and Yunzhu all the way around, for fear of being recognized by the officers and soldiers, dressed up in disguise, and traveled day and night.

However, the journey was smooth, and soon we reached a small town in the south.

"Miss, the slave maid has asked clearly, this is Rongcheng, and beyond that is the fishing village with the epidemic. The officers and soldiers blocked the front! We're afraid it's going to be hard for us to get through!" Amber said as she asked the local people.

"It's so hot in here! Like a big stove! It's damp, like soaking in a pond!" Yunzhu sighed.

"Yes! Medically speaking, hot and humid places are mostly bred by filth and diseases, which enter the human body! Now that you're here, you'll have to be careful!" Xiao Mingyue admonished the two.

"Don't worry, county lord! No matter what kind of swords, fires, hardships and obstacles, the slave and maid will be the first to stand in front of the county lord!" Yunzhu said.

"Slaves too!" Amber also hurriedly said.

"That's it! I don't want to put you two in danger! Let's find a way to get there first!"

After speaking, he took the two of them to the gate of Rongcheng leading to the fishing village.

"Stop! What do you do? Don't you know if this piece has been blocked? There is an outbreak of epidemic in the fishing village, which is very scary, do you want to die? Said the officers and soldiers of the guard.

Xiao Mingyue looked at the leading officers and soldiers, and said with a smile: "This official, it's okay!" I turned out to be from a fishing village, because I married far away to other places, last year because of the unfortunate death of my husband, my parents-in-law and sister-in-law and sister-in-law could not tolerate me, so they were hungry and full of abuse me, fortunately, my two dowry girls have been to me and never give up, this is not, it is really desperate, you just let me go! Horizontal and vertical are death, I just want to be reunited with my family! Besides, my husband was a doctor before his death, and he was a skilled doctor, and he would see all kinds of incurable diseases and strange diseases, and I had been married to him for five or six years, and as the saying goes, 'I have never eaten pork, but I have seen pigs go', you let me go and see, maybe we can help!"

The leading officers and soldiers looked Xiao Mingyue up and down, and asked with some suspicion: "Is it all true?" If you have half a lie, I will take you to prison immediately!"

"How dare the people's daughter deceive the official! Everything is true!" As Xiao Mingyue spoke, she took off a half-old and new-wilted silver hairpin from her head, and a flat-mouthed silver bracelet that faded from her arm, and stuffed them into the hands of the leading officers and soldiers.

It turned out that several people rushed overnight, and they were all dusty, and they specially put on the clothes of peasant women, and only wore a few ordinary women's jewelry, which was easy to get by.

"This ...... How much is it worth? Is there anything left? The leading officer and soldier asked as he weighed it.

"All the dowry jewelry of the folk girl was taken away by her mother-in-law's family, and these are the only things left! Ask the official to make it convenient, the people's daughter is a ghost, and she will not forget the great kindness of the official!"

Xiao Mingyue continued.

The leading officers and soldiers looked at their baggage again, and it was indeed some women's coarse cloth clothes, as well as a basket of wilted wild vegetables.

He frowned, saw that no one noticed, and ordered his subordinates to say, "Let them go!"

"Boss, what should we do if they get sick and go back to Lord Yushi to blame them?!" A nearby soldier asked.

The leader said angrily: "Are you stupid, she is a widow with two servants, who cares about her!" Her mother's family is not necessarily gone, and she turned around and died in the wilderness, who knows! Even if you become a ghost, you can't blame me!"

"Chief, you are wise!"

"Learn more in the future."

Xiao Mingyue went out of Banyan City with Amber and Yunzhu, Amber took out the expensive gold and silver jewelry from the vegetable basket, and said with a smile: "Thanks to Miss's cleverness, otherwise these would have been won by the corrupt official!"

Xiao Mingyue said to Amber as she walked: "It's not that I feel sorry for these things, but since I said that I am a widow who was kicked out by my in-laws, if I take out a lot of gold and silver jewelry with him, it will be contrary to common sense, but it will make people suspicious!"

Amber and Yunzhu listened and nodded, understanding the reason.

After saying that, the group continued to walk towards the fishing village.

After traveling about five miles, I saw the post station, and there were a large number of officers and soldiers stationed there, the leader was Zhu Yushi, with a few imperial doctors, and seven or eight people recruited from Langzhong, each of whom covered their faces with cloths, going in and out.

"Miss, this is it. Let's cover our nose and mouth, too!" Amber said as she pulled out the cotton cloth that covered her face.

"Good! We're all wearing them!"

After arming themselves, several people continued to walk forward, walking a few hundred steps, and the officers and soldiers in front of the post station stepped forward and scolded: "Stop! Where are the women from here, wandering here, there is an epidemic in front of you, and if you don't want to die, leave quickly!"

"We're here to save people!" Amber retorted.

"Saving people? Just a few of you? You're doctors?!" The officer and soldier continued to ask.

"Take me to see Zhu Yushi!"

"Who are you, why did you meet Lord Yushi?!" The officer and soldier asked disdainfully.

Xiao Ming took out the waist card from his arms and handed it to the officers and soldiers, "Take this to Master Zhu, he will know it when he sees it!"

The officers and soldiers took Xiao Mingyue's waist card from Xiao Mingyue's hand, bright and dangling, peony flower edging, with a big 'edict' on it, although the officers and soldiers have not seen anything in the world, but they know that ordinary people will not have this thing.

So he hurriedly took the waist card and presented it to Lord Yushi!

Zhu Yushi was worried about the epidemic, and more than a dozen doctors couldn't see what kind of disease it was, and suddenly the officers and soldiers came to report it, and presented a waist card in their hands. Zhu Yushi took a closer look and recognized that this was the waist card rewarded by the emperor's decree, which could move freely within the country. When the emperor succeeded to the throne, he made a total of three pieces, one was given to Xiao Yi, the king of Anrui, and the other was given to Xiao Mingyue! And a piece, which was not given to anyone.

"Could it be that King Anrui is here? It's impossible! He is an old man, and he is about to return to his hometown! That's Lord Xiao! Fast! Where is the owner of the waist card? Come in!"

"It's right outside the inn. The villain is going!"

After a while, the officers and soldiers trotted over and saluted Xiao Mingyue, and said, "The villain has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, Lord Zhu, please go in!"

Amber and Yunzhu smiled proudly: "I knew that I should have shown this sign when I was in Rongcheng!" Even the silver hairpin and bracelet were saved!"

Xiao Mingyue turned her head sideways and said to the two: "If it had been taken out earlier, the leader of Rongcheng would have been an eyeless person, I am afraid that it will be swallowed as an ordinary gold nugget; Or if they think we stole it, they will lock us up and try us again, and finally send us back to Jiankang!"

"I see!" Amber sighed.

"If only the slave had a county lord who was half smart!" Yunzhu said while scratching her head.

"Alright, let's go inside!"

Then Xiao Mingyue and the three of them came to the hall of the post station, took off their veils, and met Zhu Yushi.

Seeing that it was Xiao Mingyue, Zhu Yushi hurriedly got up and saluted, "See His Royal Highness the County Lord!"

As he spoke, he presented Xiao Mingyue's waist card with both hands.

"Master Zhu, hurry up! I came this time to learn about the epidemic, and I hope you can tell me the truth!" Xiao Mingyue took back the waist card, and then said.

After hearing this, Zhu Yushi sighed deeply and said: "Presumably, the county lord has also seen it all along the way, and the one hundred and ten villages around here are all heavily guarded, because this disease is extremely contagious, as long as one person in a family is infected, no one will be spared!" And those who had been in close contact with the sick did not escape. At first, the patient had sores the size of eggs on his skin, then they were as big as a bowl, and finally all over the body, from the skin to the internal organs, and finally ulcerated and bleed, and died! "

Xiao Mingyue sat on the back chair, listening to Zhu Yushi's statement, thinking about it, and asked, "It sounds strange, but what do those who have sores have in common?" For example, color, shape, age, lifestyle habits, and so on. "

"The sores were bright red at first, spider-like and called 'spider sores' by the doctors, and then became darker as the sores grew. The Imperial Doctor and the other doctors looked at it again and again, but they really couldn't see it. Most of the infected people are nearby fishermen who have been fishing at sea for a long time! In addition to the fishermen, even some of the traders who come and go are also quarantined!" Zhu Yushi said carefully.

"Spider sores?!" Xiao Mingyue couldn't help asking.

"yes!" Zhu Yushi sighed deeply.

"I wonder if there is an autopsy?!Maybe this sore is from the inside out?!" Xiao Mingyue asked.

"This poison is so great that it is hard for people to approach. However, a doctor who had contracted the disease did dissect the body before he died, and the patient's internal organs were all rotten, but no poison was found in their esophagus or nasal cavity, which I suspect was brought from the sea!" Zhu Yushi said analytically.

"Poison in the sea?!" Xiao Mingyue asked.

"It may also be brought from fish and shrimp, so all seaside fishermen have been ordered not to go near the sea!"

"In this way, those seaside residents all make a living from fishing, and it may be difficult to live in the future!" Xiao Mingyue muttered.

"That can't be helped! For the sake of today, this is the only way to prevent more people from contracting this disease!"

"What Lord Zhu said is extremely true, it's just that I want to meet those imperial doctors and folk doctors!" Xiao Mingyue said.

Zhu Yushi listened, frowned and thought about it, knowing that Xiao Mingyue was the county lord, the beloved daughter of General Xiao, and the person on the tip of the emperor's heart. At this point, I have already put life and death out of the way, but if something happens to the county lord's daughter, if something happens, I will be a sinner!

Then he said: "Your Royal Highness the county lord, with all due respect, I am afraid that you are not hiding it from Your Majesty when you come here, right?" This place is very dangerous, when the county lord rests for a while, Weichen will send someone to send the county lord back to Jiankang!"

Xiao Mingyue heard what Zhu Yushi meant, so she couldn't help but smile and said to Zhu Yushi: "'The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband. What's more, I am the county lord of Chen State, so I should contribute to the people. Even if Lord Zhu sends me back now, I'm afraid that Your Majesty will blame you for letting me in, so it's better to keep me here, if I can find an antidote to the 'spider sores', but I share the credit with my lordship!"

When Lord Zhu heard this, he also felt that it made sense, the matter had come to this point, even if he sent Xiao Mingyue back safe and sound, if something went wrong, His Majesty would still blame himself.

let Xiao Mingyue and the others stay, and sent four or five officers and soldiers to protect them at all times, for fear that something would go wrong.

After Xiao Mingyue finished eating, she went to the place where the imperial doctor and the servants studied the 'spider sores', wanting to know more, "At least find someone who can take me to dissect the corpse, it is more reliable!" Xiao Mingyue thought in her heart.