At noon that day, three fast horses came galloping and stopped in front of Chen Xu's office, Fan Kun and two soldiers jumped off their horses and rushed in sweaty.

"Lord Riden, where is Lord Riden?"

"What's the matter?" Chen Xu had just eaten a bowl of noodles and was about to lie down for a nap, when a series of shouts made him get up from the bed very depressed.

"It's okay, it's good, Lord Lidian go with me to the county office, the county order is invited!" Fan Kun said anxiously.

Chen Xu was a little confused for a moment, and then asked while wearing sandals: "Do you know what is going on?" ”

"I heard that there was a plague among the people who built the road, and more than ten people have died in just three days!"

Chen Xu's hand shook, and his face turned dark, "Plague...... Pestilence? ”

"Yes, now thousands of people are panicking, the soldiers are almost unable to suppress it, the construction of the gallop road has almost completely stopped, if it cannot be completed on time, everyone will be severely punished, the county order orders you to go to the county office quickly to discuss countermeasures, without delay!"

Okay, Chen Xu had no choice but to put on his clothes, shoes and hats, let Niu Dashi lead the horse, and told him to inspect the granary and summer grain harvest every day, and then turned over and got on the horse and Fan Kun and hurried to the county seat.

Qinghe Town to the county seat more than 50 miles, an hour later, four fast horses whipped into the county seat of Pheasant County.

On the way, Chen Xu also asked Fan Kun, roughly figured out the reason for the matter, and then felt very depressed.

Now it is the middle of summer, the heavy rain and scorching sun alternately, the weather is hot and humid, and the places where the roads are built are remote barren mountains and mountains, the forests are verdant, mosquitoes, snakes and ants are everywhere, thousands of migrant workers cut down trees and carry stones to build galloping roads, naturally some people will be bitten by mosquitoes, snakes and ants, coupled with the cold diet, many people have symptoms of diarrhea and poisoning, and I heard the report of the soldiers who supervised the work, among them, several people from Qinghe Town secretly swallowed pills and tablets, and they were able to resist heat illness and insect poison, and then asked carefully, several people were villagers of Xiaohe Village, In the end, Chen Xu, the maker of these pills and powder tablets, surfaced.

Nima, this is all trouble that can't be escaped.

Chen Xu secretly looked up to the sky and sighed.

From the beginning of making these Turen Dan, he guessed that paper could not contain fire, and these things would definitely be circulated, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

"Qinghe Town, Lidian Chen Xu, meet the county commander!" Stepping into the county hall and looking at the Jiangbei Pavilion with his hands behind his back like a spinning top, Chen Xu hurriedly bowed.

"The virtuous nephew came just in time!" Jiang Beiting excitedly greeted him, grabbed Chen Xu's hand, and shook it excitedly.

What does this mean, Chen Xu was stunned for a long time, and he hasn't seen him for a few days, when did Lao Tzu become your virtuous nephew?

"I heard that there is a plague among the people who build the road?" Chen Xu still asked respectfully.

"Well, we said as we walked on the road, the carriage and horses are ready, you and I hurry up!"

Jiangbei Pavilion didn't have time to explain, so he pulled Chen Xu and walked out, and when Chen Xu and the others entered the county government just now, they had already seen a carriage parked and a few soldiers leading horses, and it seemed that they were just waiting for him.

Chen Xu had no choice but to follow Jiangbei Pavilion to sit in these two tattered open-top carriages, with a few shouts of driving, the carriage started quickly, several soldiers also quickly rode their horses to follow, a group of people cheered and dispersed the villagers all the way out of the city, along the bumpy dirt road to the south.

On the carriage, Jiang Beiting also carefully explained what he knew, and after listening, Chen Xu was depressed and slightly relieved at the same time.

According to the description of Jiangbei Ting, the people who built the road should not have some vicious plague, but heat stroke caused by hot weather, plus the diet is not clean, so many people have diarrhea, coupled with high-intensity heavy labor and poor rest, some people who are too poor in physique can not stand it, and fall while walking with big trees and stones, and then be injured by big trees and stones, internal and external injuries plus no medical treatment, all kinds of unfavorable situations together, drag on for a day or two and die.

"Virtuous nephew, this matter is big, and if you are not careful, it will cause a big disaster!" Jiang Beiting didn't have the indifference of the last time they met, and his beard was shaking slightly all the way, and he could see that he was very nervous.

If there is really a large-scale plague that causes too many casualties, not to mention that the construction period will be delayed, he will become a complete evil official in the minds of the people of Pheasant County, and there will definitely be no fewer people who are recruited to evade the people again, and even the entire village and the whole village will flee to the mountains as a homeless person, and it is possible that the whole village will flee to the mountains as a homeless person, and it is impossible to survive anyway.

"Don't panic, my lord, this matter can only be judged when my subordinates have seen the condition, according to what my lord just said, if the potions I made before really have an effect, then the matter is not very serious!" Although Chen Xu was not sure, he could only comfort him.

"That's good, that's good!" Jiang Beiting kept wiping the sweat from his forehead with his sleeves, and his face was a little pale and slightly relieved.

When he first got the news today, he almost collapsed and couldn't get up, until the prison guard who reported the news said the name of the medicine and Chen Xu, he couldn't wait to let Fan Kun go and get Chen Xu to the county seat.

It can be said that the mutiny of the people made him more worried than the summer grain tax, and the summer grain tax was not even even, and he could forcibly collect the autumn grain tax in advance, but once the people in the service mutiny and resisted, his county order was estimated to be the end, and it was possible to be beheaded.

Therefore, Chen Xu has become almost the only savior for him now, and he no longer treats Chen Xu as a fourteen-year-old boy, if he can dispel this plague and let him kowtow, he is willing.

Starting from Pheasant County along the Baihe River to the south, one hundred and fifty miles away is the county capital Wancheng, a team of people did not have the slightest rest on the road, more than two hours later Wancheng was almost in sight, but the team did not enter the city, but directly bypassed Wancheng and ran non-stop for more than an hour, until the sun completely set, only arrived at a place called Fan Township.

It is less than thirty miles away from the nearest county seat, Xinye.

Seven or eight horses were all foaming at the mouth from exhaustion, and everyone was dizzy, Chen Xu's face was pale when he got off the carriage, and he felt that the whole land was still bumping up and down.

Everywhere along the way, you can see countless ragged people who are hurrying to repair the road, large stones are pushed to the side of the road, the road surface is spread out for thirty or forty meters, dense people use wooden pestles and stone rammers to tamp the roadbed, countless waist-thick trees are cut down, and then more than ten people carry a huge tree to the roadbed and sawn it into wooden rails.

Soldiers in cloth armor brandished leather whips and weapons and patrolled the ears, shouting and scolding, trumpets, and screams of pain.