Previously, Han Shizhong proposed to Li Gang to inform Zhao Ping'er of the harmfulness of this matter, and let her see if there was a way to ask the emperor from the aspect of family affection and not let the matter expand.

Li Gang thought about it for two days and thought that Zhao Ping'er was also half a party, and it should be necessary to know her in advance.

In case Zhao Ping'er persuaded Zhao Gou to wake up, wouldn't everyone be happy?

Since Qu Ping left Beijing, Zhao Ping'er has lived in a simple house, and there is no big man in charge of the family, and Li Gang has never entered Qu Mansion. In the first month, he still asked his niece Yue Fei's wife Li Wa to greet him.

However, I heard that Qu Ping had been away from Beijing for less than half a month, and Zhao Ping'er found out that she had been pregnant for nearly a month, fortunately she did not go to sea with her at that time, otherwise the situation would definitely not be optimistic.

Destiny, who can tell?

It's March now, and the fetus in Zhao Ping'er's womb should be about to be born. But there is no news of Qu Ping's return, and it seems that Zhao Ping'er is going to suffer alone.

Li Gang brought some qi and blood replenishment products to visit Zhao Ping'er, Zhao Ping'er was basking in the sun in the courtyard with a big belly, and it was inconvenient to come out to greet her, so he asked Steward Huang to welcome Li Gang into the house.

Tang Shenwei had just checked Zhao Ping'er's pulse on the side, and he said that he should be about to give birth, let Zhao Ping'er have a good rest in the past few days, and notify her immediately if there is a situation.

Zhao Ping'er said: "Once raw and twice ripe, it's okay." Tomorrow my father will come to take care of me, and the rest is ready, Donald don't worry. ”

Tang Shen sighed slightly and said, "It's a pity that the prince couldn't accompany his wife. ”

Zhao Ping'er smiled: "It's okay, it's an unexpected joy, it will never be perfect." When the prince comes back, I'll clean him up! If you do a good deed, you will run out with your eldest wife and leave me here to live like a year! ”

Li Gang was about to come over later, and Tang Shen said slightly: "The Prime Minister is here, I will leave first." I'll come back to see you in two days, if you have any needs, you can call someone to inform me at any time, and I'll be on call. ”

"You wait for me in the side hall first, King An won't stay with me for long, and I still have some things to ask you." Zhao Ping'er said.

Tang Shenwei went to the side hall to wait first, and happened to meet Li Gang on the way, and the two greeted each other politely.

When Zhao Ping'er saw Li Gang coming, she wanted to get up.

Li Gang hurriedly walked a few steps and said, "The county lord sits down quickly, there is no need to be polite." ”

Zhao Ping'er sat down and asked Steward Huang to take Li Gang's gift and go to work on something else, and the little red and green around her also let them find things to be busy, leaving space for Li Gang alone. Li Gang has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, there must be something important to say.

Zhao Ping'er pointed to a chair next to her and said, "Lord Wang, please sit down, my body is inconvenient and I don't greet you well, please forgive me!" ”

Li Gang said in his heart, after Zhao Ping'er became her own baby, her personality was much calmer, and she was no longer the lawless county lord she used to be.

Li Gang was not polite, and after sitting down, since he came, he no longer concealed it, and said: "County Lord, there is one thing, the old man knows that it may be a little inappropriate to tell you now." But this matter should not be delayed sooner rather than later, and the old man is afraid that something will change later, so he has to come to the door today to disturb the county lord. ”

"Say, as long as the one in my family is not in danger, I can withstand the sky falling!" Zhao Ping'er said.

Li Gang is hard to say, this matter has something to do with Qu Ping!

Zhao Ping'er saw that Li Gang wanted to speak and stopped, and she was vigilant in her heart, could it be that she really had something to do with Qu Ping?

Zhao Ping'er asked urgently: "Did he have an accident at sea?" I should have stopped him a long time ago! Are my sister and Han'er okay? ”

"Don't worry, county lord, it's not what you think!" Li Gang hurriedly said.

Zhao Ping'er breathed a sigh of relief, it was good if it wasn't like this, she scared herself to death. If they have an accident outside, they take Dingbei and the child who will be born in the future, what will they do in the future?

Li Gang said: "It's like this......"

Li Gang from the emperor let Qin Hui into Western Xia to persuade Li Changzuo to return to the Song Dynasty, and then Qin Hui was appointed as the secretary of the criminal department, speaking of Qin Hui's thorough investigation of the case of the first emperor, the first evil Qin Han committed suicide, and a series of clues involved, Qin Hui speculated that all this may be related to Qu Ping, and now Zhang Xian has become the first meritorious general to be imprisoned for this matter, and the next one may be Yue Fei, and when Qu Ping comes back, he will definitely be interrogated by the emperor.

After hearing this, Zhao Ping'er was frightened and said, "Although the first emperor died unjustly, Qin Hui has no real evidence, why do you say that?" Are you afraid that the world will not be chaotic? ”

Li Gang said: "Now this case is reported to the emperor by Qin Hui alone, and even the old man has no right to interrogate, and even Zhang Xian is imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department, and as Han Shizhong and Liu Guangshi, the two princes of the country, they can't even go to prison to visit Zhang Xian!" ”

"The emperor trusts Qin Hui so much, what if Qin Hui refers to the deer as a horse out of nothing?"

"So the old man came to visit the county lord today, and it was really a last resort. Let's see if it is possible for the county lord to convince the emperor that at least the case can be tried publicly, in broad daylight, no one can do anything, and no one can escape the sanctions of national law! ”

Zhao Ping'er thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid I don't have this ability...... However, the queen should be able to. Don't worry, Prince An, I will enter the palace to see the queen immediately! ”

Li Gang said worriedly: "County Lord, your body ......"

"I'm okay, it's important." Zhao Ping'er said fearlessly.

Li Gang was about to say goodbye and leave, but suddenly he arranged for his cronie Wan Fu, who was outside the prison of the Criminal Department to inquire about the news, and hurriedly ran to report: "Lord Wang, it's not good, I heard that something big happened in the prison!" ”

Li Gang hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" "Old friends Chinese network

Wanfu saw Zhao Ping'er, saluted, and said: "I heard from the prison officer who came out of the shift that General Zhang was bitten to death by a rat!" And there are several people in the prison who have the same strange disease! ”

Li Gang and Zhao Ping'er exclaimed in unison: "What? General Zhang was bitten to death by a rat!? ”

That's horrifying, isn't it? Zhang Xian was bitten to death by a mouse, what a big and powerful rat it must be! Can you eat people?

Wan Fu explained: "I heard them describe that General Zhang should have been bitten by a rat, and after a day, he had a high fever, chills, chest tightness, cough, and difficulty breathing. General Zhang coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood this morning, and then it was gone! In the prison, at least seven or eight people had more or less similar symptoms! ”

Zhao Ping'er said: "Could it be that this rat is poisonous? ”

Li Gang nodded slightly, according to Wanfu's description, it looked like he was poisoned after being bitten by a rat.

At this time, a voice sounded in the back: "This matter should not be underestimated, it is likely to be a plague caused by rats!" ”

Zhao Ping'er and Li Gang looked back, and it turned out to be Tang Shenwei.

Tang Shenwei was bored waiting in the side hall, and wanted to come out to see if Li Gang was gone, but he didn't expect to hear such a terrifying message.

Li Gang cautiously asked Tang Shenwei: "Doctor Tang, how do you deduce that this is a plague?" You know, if it's the plague, it's not trivial! ”

Tang Shenwei elaborated: "General Zhang was sure that he had been bitten by a rat, and then he developed a series of symptoms, and died less than two days after the onset of the disease. Seven or eight people in prison then showed similar symptoms. I deduce that this is most likely a plague caused by rats! I'm not alarmist, if it's almost certain that it's the plague, then I'd rather kill by mistake than let it go! Otherwise, the people of the whole city may be infected with the epidemic, and even the emperor will be in danger! ”

Li Gang became nervous, the epidemic is not like Jin Bing, they can't be seen or touched, but they can kill people invisibly, which makes people panic. And panic is a powerful mental attack that accompanies infectious diseases!

In short, epidemics can cause pain and suffering, both physically and mentally!

Historically, the fact that the city was destroyed by the plague has been recorded and remembered like a textbook, and because of it, people in every village and city have died, and what is even more terrible is that it will spread to the surrounding areas.

Li Gang hurriedly asked Wanfu: "Is there someone in the prison of the Criminal Department who has dealt with it on the spot?" ”

Wanfu replied, "Not when I left." ”

If it is really the plague as Tang Shenwei said, it will be dangerous! In this case, we can't delay for a moment!

Li Gang immediately said: "This official will immediately go to the prison to control the situation, and you will immediately ask General Chen Chong to bring the forbidden army to maintain stability." In addition, Dr. Tang, please gather the doctors of Tai Hospital and find a way to diagnose and treat them! ”

Everyone knows that this matter is very urgent, and if you delay it for a while, there will be more danger, but fortunately, Li Gang and Tang Shenwei are both here today, and they immediately came up with an emergency plan.

Wan Fu and Tang Shenwei each received their orders and hurried away.

Li Gang said to Zhao Ping'er: "County Lord, before the plague is determined and controlled, please don't go out and walk around, and let the people in the house pay more attention!" ”

Zhao Ping'er said: "Don't worry, adults, you have to be more careful!" ”

After Li Gang left, Zhao Ping'er changed her clothes, called Xiaohong and got into the carriage and entered the palace.

If Xiaohong knew about the plague, she would definitely not let Zhao Ping'er go out.

It's not the first time Xiaohong has entered the palace, but she still looks at every matter in the palace with relish. Since Zhao Ping'er was pregnant, she always brought a little red or little green when she entered the palace.

Zhao Ping'er repeatedly told Xiaohong, don't look east and west, otherwise people will arrest you.

Xiaohong agreed, but she still couldn't control her flexible eyes.

Zhao Ping'er saw Queen Wu and asked for peace.

Empress Wu asked Zhao Ping'er to sit down, and asked with a smile: "It's all this time, why are you still running outside, how dangerous is it?" ”

"It's been a long time since I've seen the queen, I miss you." Zhao Ping'er said.

"Yo, the mouth is still so sweet. When your prince comes back, be greedy for him. The queen teased.

Zhao Ping'er originally wanted to talk about business, but since the queen talked about Qu Ping, Zhao Ping'er had to tell herself what she meant:

"Queen Mother, Ping'er entered the palace this time, it is really a last resort!"

When Empress Wu heard her say this, she immediately faced it squarely, what could make Zhao Ping'er run to the palace with a nine-month-old belly?

"What is it that can make you have a big belly and have to enter the palace?" Empress Wu asked.

After Zhao Ping'er reused Qin Huizhi and appointed him as the secretary of the Criminal Department, Qin Hui immediately strictly investigated the case of the first emperor, and acted vigorously and resolutely, but the method of doing things needs to be discussed, first Qin Han, the prefect of Linhuang, committed suicide and apologized, and he also reported to the emperor without any factual basis that Qin Han had the mastermind behind the scenes, either Yue Fei or Qu Ping, Qu Ping was the supreme direct commander of the army at that time, this directional implication was very clear, and Qin Hui was referring to Qu Ping. And the emperor also plans not to let go of any clues and strictly investigate to the end. General Zhang Xian bore the brunt of this and was imprisoned and examined by Qin Hui.

After hearing this, the queen was shocked in her heart, she didn't expect so many things to happen.

"What's even more bizarre is that within a few days of General Zhang's imprisonment, he was bitten by a rat and died of illness today. Moreover, it is very likely that there is a major epidemic in the prison of the Criminal Department - the plague! Zhao Ping'er said.