At this time, the governor of Shaanxi in the Ming Dynasty opened the holy decree unhurriedly and saw that it was written that Jin Feng was the commander of the military department Shangshu and the seventh division, which can be said to have caused a sensation in the western region of the entire Ming Empire! The seven divisions are under the jurisdiction of the government; Shaanxi Cheng announced the political division, Guizhou Cheng announced the political division, Shanxi Cheng announced the political division, Henan Cheng announced the political division, Sichuan Cheng announced the political division, Huguang Cheng announced the political division, Zhejiang Cheng announced the political division, these seven regions almost all the Ming elite army in the Central Plains was assigned to the Ming military department Shangshu and the seven divisions of the superintendent: Sun Chuanting, under the command of let him go all out to encircle and suppress the Liukou, not only that, but also written in the holy decree to let Sun Inspector go out of the customs as soon as possible to exterminate the Liukou! But Inspector Sun was forced to have no choice, so he had to go to the granary and armory to check the situation.

And Wu Junzhen and Ma Wei selected ten military doctors in the Wei command post to go out of the city to investigate the situation, the sky gradually became dark, and when walking through the mountains and forests, the strong wind blew down the leaves, Ma Wei sighed, "Look like this, I'm afraid it's going to rain heavily?" ”

However, the military doctor carried a coat in his baggage, and only Wu Junzhen and Ma Wei did not bring any rain gear! The two of them planned to retreat before the heavy rain fell, and after everyone walked thirty steps, they vaguely felt some foul smell in front of them along the wind, Wu Junzhen covered his mouth and nose and said, "Doctor, it's the front, please go forward and check it." ”

At this moment, one of the ten military doctors took out a piece of cloth from his baggage and wrapped his face and walked up, and the foul smell worsened with each step, only to see a few uneven ground not far in front of him, which looked like they had been dug up? A handful of dirt is still covered with it.

The military doctors walked over slowly, and under the strong wind, a lot of clothes were blown up in the sunken underground pit? It looked very strange and frightened the medics, two of them were so frightened that their legs were weak, and only six of the medics were bold enough to continue to take a look and find that the pit was full of dead people whose bodies were buried in the mud, and these blown up clothes were the clothes of the dead.

But most of the dead people in the pit have blue faces and some foam left in their mouths? And the eyes are all purple blood! It looks terrifying, judging from the degree of decay of the corpse, it should have been dead for two or three days! After preliminary judgment, the military doctors and lieutenants unanimously agreed that it must be (the plague) or not?

Then the military doctors hurriedly picked up the two colleagues who were scared and weak, and retreated together, and Ma Wei, who was waiting behind, covered the cloth on his face and said, "Brother Wu, you say that if it is really an epidemic?" So what do we do? ”

However, Wu Junzhen didn't have any ideas, his head was blank, he was worried that Wan Yikou would take the opportunity to sneak attack at this time? I'm afraid that Tongguan Wei will not protect Xi'an, and the Mansion is in danger! He silently begged in his heart to keep the rogue from coming.

The military doctors who went to check on the situation soon returned, and Wu Junzhen saw that two military doctors were being held up, and he was deeply distressed, and immediately asked, "How is the investigation going well?" Before the words fell, the military doctors lowered their heads expressionlessly and in frustration, and replied, "If you return to Lord Qian, I am afraid this is a plague that is rare in a hundred years!" ”

Knowing that it was the plague, Wu Junzhen was startled, and Ma Wei next to him was stunned for a moment and asked, "Dare to ask the doctor, do you have a way to cure it?" The military doctors shook their heads! Only one military doctor, Lang Zhong, stretched out his hand and said, "According to the old man's years of medical experience, I'm afraid that only 30% of them are sure to control the epidemic!" If you want to say that you are completely cured, I am afraid that there is nothing I can do! ”

Now Wu Junzhen decided to go back immediately to report to Inspector Sun and let him find a way to treat the epidemic, just about to return to the camp, it rained heavily, (crackling) fell to the ground, Wu Junzhen hurriedly picked the banana leaves next to him to block the rain, Ma Wei also picked one, everyone ran to the tree to hide from the rain, the military doctor Lang Zhong said, "No, the rain is too big, you have to find a way to avoid the rain!" Wu Junzhen looked around and found that there was a small cave not far to the right.

When Wu Junzhen entered the cave, he accidentally stepped on a rat that was eating, and he immediately thought of the plague and asked, "Dare to ask the military doctor Langzhong, how did this plague come about?" Mavi told him, "This is the plague caused by the people coming into contact with fleas on the rats!" But Wu Junzhen thinks that there are only a few rats in ordinary people at most, how can it cause the plague to kill so many people?

The previous military doctor Lang Zhong stood up and replied: "Mr. Ma, yes, the plague is indeed caused by the contact of the common people with rodents, but the epidemic can also spread through breathing, coughing, spitting, talking, etc., which is unavoidable by anyone!" ”

Listen to the plague so terrible! Wu Junzhen was very worried and asked, "What is the probability of getting plague in the barracks?" The military doctor replied: "According to the old man's speculation, it is not more than thirty percent!" It is better to isolate the military and civilians to prevent the spread of the epidemic! ”

At this time, Ma Wei immediately thought of wrapping his face in a cloth to isolate the epidemic, and prohibiting the soldiers from entering and leaving at will to prevent the spread of the epidemic.

At this moment, it was also pouring rain in the Tongguan guard barracks, and the patrolling commander of the Mingtong Pass guard was walking with a team of soldiers, when he suddenly heard shouts from a camp tent? The commander of the Mingtong Guanwei hurriedly asked people to go up and see what was going on? The patrol soldier wearing a hat lifted the curtain and saw the soldier lying on the ground foaming at the mouth.

I saw the soldiers say, "Brother, what's wrong with you?" Wake up! The soldiers who had come in stepped forward and asked, "What's going on?" Did you eat something bad? ”

The soldiers in the account shook their heads and said they didn't know, and one of the soldiers said, "I heard that some people are soldiers transferred by Nanfang Lake Guangcheng to announce the political secretary, could it be that this is not adaptable?" As soon as these words came out, they were immediately retorted by the commander of the Mingtong Guan Guard, who entered the account: "It's!" How can anyone vomit and faint because they don't adapt to the water and soil? ”

Just as they were talking, the three soldiers who had vomited just now showed signs of chills all the time, and the soldiers in the account thought that they must be fine if they drank ginger soup by chance in the cold! The commander of the Mingtong Guanwei hurriedly turned around and left the camp and sent a soldier to brave the rain to inform the military doctor that Lang Zhong was boiling medicine.

On the other side, Wu Junzhen, who was hiding from the rain in the cave, saw that the rain was a little lighter, so he hurried back to the barracks, and when he came to the outside of the camp, Ma Wei did not easily see a soldier wearing a hat and pushing a cart, and the thing covered with a white cloth on the cart resembled the shape of a corpse?

This made Ma Wei wonder if there was also a plague in the camp? He patted Wu Junzhen on the shoulder and asked, "Brother Wu, do you see if the white cloth on their cart is covered with a corpse?" "Wu Junzhen fixed his eyes and looked like it, it really looked a bit like it?

So he walked over and shouted, "Hey! Stop, what are you pulling? The soldiers on the cart were taken aback, and everyone looked at each other and replied, "Nothing!" This is the waste item that Master Sun asked me to pull down and discard. ”

But Wu Junzhen always suspected that this was not a waste item at all, but it was not good to disobey Inspector Sun's order, so he had to let them go, and he went to the Wei command post with Ma Wei to report to Inspector Sun, and asked about it by the way, and the two walked towards the city, and the streets on both sides of the road seemed to be extremely quiet, basically every household was closed?

Especially the mansions of some rich and noble families directly close the door, and Wu Junzhen feels that there are some clues? But I can't tell you what it's like. Just continue to walk to the Wei command post, the two of them hurriedly saluted and said: "The last general will see Master Sun, and after investigating with the military doctor Langzhong, I found that there was indeed an epidemic outside the city!" However, the scale is not large, and it has not spread yet, as long as we take preventive and isolation measures. ”

Having said that, Ke Ming's military department Shangshu was still a little worried, and he said with a serious expression: "In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Tongguanwei also discovered a plague before!" But fortunately, the rescue was timely and did not let the epidemic spread on a large scale, this time we also have to deal with it quickly to strive to eliminate the epidemic in the bud, by the way, you two have made a great contribution this time, and the governor will each reward two taels of silver, go down and receive the reward! The two hurriedly thanked him and said, "The last general has thanked the overseer." ”

At this time, a soldier hurriedly broke into the guard command post and said, "Lord Qi, Inspector, I found that most of the soldiers in the eastern camp area fell ill for no reason!" Hearing this, Inspector Sun was very excited and hurriedly asked the soldiers to bring the military doctor Lang Zhong to go over for treatment, but Ma Wei next to him suspected that it might be an epidemic? Then he asked, "Master Sun, the last general asks to bring the military doctor Lang Zhong to check." Inspector Sun was very happy and agreed, and Wu Junzhen went to ask the previous military doctor Lang Zhong to ask him to go with him to investigate the situation in the eastern camp.

At the same time, the county lord of Ming Tai'an, who was arranged to go to Fengyang Pavilion in the capital: Zhu Youlan, was bored and walked around to familiarize himself with the environment, and unconsciously came to a very large palace, which was planted with all kinds of exotic flowers and plants? Some are brighter, while others look more special?

Driven by curiosity, Zhu Youlan stepped forward and looked at it carefully, she found that the appearance of each flower was very curious, and she was just about to reach out to touch it, when she heard someone behind her say, "Wait!" The flowers in the back garden of the inner court must not be touched at will! ”

Hearing someone speak, Zhu Youlan hurriedly turned around and asked, "Are you?" The palace maids next to him scolded: "Bold! Don't you salute when you see Her Royal Highness the Princess? ”

Looking at the beautiful woman in front of her, who is down-and-out and generous, is actually a princess? Zhu Youlan hurriedly saluted, only to see a slim-looking woman Princess Mingkunxing: Zhu Yujiao (the Manchu Qing Dynasty named her Princess Changping), came over to help Zhu Youlan and asked, "I don't know who you are?" Why did you come to this inner court? ”

So Zhu Youlan replied, "I am the king of Yongding County in Tai'an: Zhu Youbi, the eldest daughter of the county lord of Tai'an: Zhu Youlan, because my father died violently, and now I have nowhere to go, fortunately Your Majesty took me in, and left me in the side hall of Fengyang Pavilion to live, I am bored today, so I specially came out for a walk, but I didn't want to come here unintentionally!" Princess Ming Kunxing said very kindly, "I see that you look older than this princess, I don't know how old you are?" ”