[Chapter 18: The Source of the Plague, the Fireworks Are Red]
(PS: Start updating again, I hope someone still watches!) Huh)
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The ethereal house fire, this sensational news has become the talk of the people of the imperial capital after tea and dinner for a long time. No one can say exactly how the fire started, and no one can say whether the fire burned or not - in fact, after three quarters of an hour, the fire was extinguished, and someone saw the Tang inspector of the yamen carry a few people from inside, but no one knows whether they are alive or dead.
As for the girls in the ethereal house, they were all safe and sound. Of course, a large part of the reason why the Ethereal House fire was so sensational was because the girls who were dancing in the Ethereal House were in a hurry to rush out of the fire at that time, and they didn't even wear a few clothes, which looked very naked and embarrassing.
The people at the bottom can't enter such a high-end place, so they are lucky enough to see those bare-ass women in the ethereal house under this fire, and they are all excited and inexplicable. So much so that most of the rumors about the ethereal fire were these bare-bottomed women, and as for the cause and process of the fire, few people cared about it.
Tang Mo's eyebrows were furrowed, his black face was almost twisted, standing in the room of the Luoyang Mansion, the two coffins made of bluestone slabs in front of him really made him have to worry.
"My lord, are these two really the source of cholera?" Tang Mo asked Shangguan Hong beside him puzzled.
Shangguan Hong was not disheveled this time, but was wearing a purple official uniform, and his long beard with a flowing chin looked quite extraordinary, but his expression was a little haggard and a little relieved. He nodded: "Since the Marquis of Bohai asked you to pull it out secretly, it shouldn't be wrong, after all, the plague in Bohai County ...... Fortunately, the source of the epidemic was found, and the official could finally sleep peacefully. Speaking of this, he thought of something again, and said, "By the way, how did you find these two corpses?" What about the Marquis of Bohai? ”
Tang Mo said: "After the misty house caught fire, he took the water dragon team in. I saw the Marquis of Bohai and the Marquis of Huainan chasing the two of them to the backyard of the Ethereal House. It was a bit confusing. The fire started from the Shixiu Apartment in the Ethereal Residence, and then spread, and the water dragon team extinguished it in time, but fortunately did not cause a catastrophe. When the lowly official was directing people to avoid the fire, he saw the Marquis of Bohai rushing from the backyard and asked the lowly to hurry up and gather people...... The bodies were later found in a cellar on Gui Street, with ice in the slabs. It is said that it can stabilize the spread of the source of the epidemic, so that the lowly duty must not be opened. After saying this, the Marquis of Bohai left in a hurry, and now he doesn't know where he is. But ......"
"But what?"
Tang Mo hesitated for a moment and said: "When the Marquis of Bohai was leaving, he hurriedly said to the humble post that there should be more than two cases of the source of the epidemic, there are as many as five in total, and he and the Hou of Huainan should go to find the other three. ”
Shangguan Hong was startled and pinched the long beard of his chin. He said in a deep voice: "Well, remember not to publicize this matter. The Cabinet had already been notified by the secret guards, so it adopted the strategy of loosening the outside and tightening the inside, just trying to find the source of the epidemic...... In this way, the official issued a Class A convening order of the Luoyang Prefecture, mobilized the three classes of officials, and let them stop their vacations, and the inspectors and inspectors at all levels must take up their posts. Lead all the fast hands in the whole city to search for the whereabouts of Bohai Hou. Once found, obey the orders of the Marquis of Bohai.
Quickly summoned Chen Le to the Tai Hospital and informed the patriarch that the source of the epidemic had been found. Let them quickly arrange consultations with major doctors to ensure that these two sources of the epidemic are properly handled.
In addition, he ordered to go down, and tomorrow, let the major pharmacists in the imperial capital rush to the palace, saying that the imperial court may want to requisition their workshops without delay. ”
After a series of orders, Tang Mo immediately took the order and left.
Shangguan Hong didn't stay in the room for long, he only ordered him to seal this place, and no one could enter and leave at will without his order. Then he didn't even enter the back office, he directly called the sedan chair man and hurried to the imperial city. Because of this plague, the three auxiliary ministers of the cabinet have not yet stepped down at this time, and have been taking up their posts in the imperial city. Shangguan Hong must report this matter to the police as soon as possible, and several measures he has just taken must also be approved by the cabinet.
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Where is Shen Yun at the moment?
To be honest, Shen Yun himself didn't know much about his current position. In the Ethereal Residence, with the help of Master Li's words, Shen Yun rushed into the Sunqin Pavilion opposite, wanting to magnify the reputation of Sapo Hou unscrupulously again. But when he went in and found that there was not only Ling Hupeng alone, but also a Mano, he was a little confused.
This......
Although Ma Nuo and Ling Hupeng were a little surprised, they immediately reacted, got up and rushed towards Shen Yun. Shen Yun's reaction was not unpleasant, but his two fists were invincible to his four hands, and he only parried Ling Hupeng twice, and was kicked down by Ma Nuo on the side. At this moment, Master Li, who came in a hurry, screamed.
Mano knew that he could no longer stay here, so he shouted: "Light the fire, withdraw!" He threw the four or five candlesticks around him to a flammable place such as a bed tent, and then rushed out with Linghu Peng.
At this time, Fang Cheng also chased after him, and Shen Yun and Shen Yun joined hands to stop Ma Nuo and Ling Hupeng, at this moment, five or six people suddenly rushed out of the four or five attics of Shixiu Apartment, and rushed towards Shen Fang and the two of them like lightning, one of them shouted something, Shen Yun didn't understand, it seemed to be the Roman language that James and Anthony often spoke. But Fang Cheng was in a hurry.
"Oh no, they're here to help! Come on! Fang Cheng was in the spirit of not suffering from the losses in front of him, and wanted to pull Shen Yun to flash up.
At this moment, the flames had already burst out of the room, and the small fire turned into a monstrous fire in just a few minutes. It turned out that not only was the Qinge Pavilion set on fire, but Mano's accomplices had already lit the fire in their respective rooms.
And so the fire burned.
At this moment of flames, Shen Fang and the others were entangled by Ma Nuo and Ling Hupeng's accomplices. It can be seen that these people are all outlaws, and killing people and setting fires are all housekeeping skills. The clothes on his body were all ordinary ethereal high-rollers, but his face was masked, and he held a short blade in his hand, and as soon as he came up, he greeted Shen Yunfang and the two of them in the throat, chest and other fatal places, without worrying about getting into a life lawsuit in the imperial capital.
Fortunately, the students of the Han Dynasty are not useless scholars who are powerless, Shen Yun needless to say, after experiencing those battles in Bohai and Fusang, although there is no blade in his hand, it is not difficult to entangle for a while and a half, if it is not for the fact that there are a lot of people on the other side, and the scene is a little chaotic, two or three people may not be able to stop him. And Fang Cheng is usually an excellent student in school, and he may not be as good as Wang Rong in swordsmanship, but he can put him down in three moves and two ways. The entire emperor may not be able to find it. And these five or six people are fierce though. In terms of moves, it still belongs to the wild road, that is, the gangsters on the ordinary street, who are not afraid of death when they fight, and they don't want to die.
So as soon as they were fighting, Shen Yun and Fang Cheng knocked down two of them, but the fact that several other people pounced on them really made them a little scrambling, after all, I don't know if these people are fed poison on their short blades. Don't dare to let them hurt themselves easily.
At this moment, a figure flashed out of the Youwu apartment next to Shixiuyu, and the four masked men who were still preparing to fight with Shen Yunfang barely had time to react in surprise, when they saw this figure passing through them, and the four of them suddenly stood still. Maybe it's a moment, maybe it's a lifetime. In the rising firelight, four people fell to the ground at the same time!
Shen Yun can be sure that he has seen this scene in those martial arts movies in his previous life, but it is really the first time he has seen it in real life. He couldn't help but look at the figure standing not far away, dressed in black, with a veil on his head - Tu Tianjiao! He's not gone yet?!
"What are you doing? Hurry up and chase me! A cold cry made Shen Yun stunned for a moment, and then he saw Tu Tianjiao and the rabbit disappear into the corridor of Shixiu Apartment, and the next second appeared in the water pavilion downstairs. Go straight to the backyard.
"Nima. Could it be that there is really a peerless martial art in this world? Shen Yun said a word in his heart, but he didn't have time to sigh. pulled up Fang Cheng, who was also a little shocked, and chased after Tu Tianjiao.
At the back door of the Ethereal Residence, a carriage had stopped at some point, and Mano and Ling Hupeng hurriedly got into the carriage and rushed towards the south of the city. When Shen Yun and Fang Cheng chased to the back door, they saw Tu Tianjiao driving the carriage away like a puff of green smoke, leaving the two of them a little stunned - seeing that the carriage was about to turn around the corner, how could they chase it?
At this moment, another carriage rushed out from another street, and the coachman, who was half-squatting in the front of the carriage, threw up his long horsewhip and shouted at Shen Yun and Fang Cheng: "Get in the car!" ”
Shen Yun and Fang Cheng were a little hesitant, after all, they didn't know the coachman, at this time, a face of disgust and joy was revealed at the curtain of the carriage, Shen Yun was relieved, pulled the transcript and jumped into the car pulled by two horses.
Sitting in the carriage was Yan Ruyu, the second lady of the Yan family, who was weak and helpless on the surface but eccentric in the mainland.
Looking at the two who were panting, but seemed to have a lot to say, Yan Ruyu pursed her lips and smiled: "Let's not mention those, we have been following the carriage in front for a day, rest assured, they are single-carriages, we are two-horse carriages, and we will be able to catch up soon." However, I'm curious, why do you meet Sapoohou every time in this chaotic scene?! After saying that, he giggled first.
Fang Cheng didn't know anything about Miss Yan's identity, but Shen Yun didn't. He took a few deep breaths, calmed down his somewhat chaotic breathing, and said with a smile: "I'm also very strange, maybe I was born to do the life of the dark guard!" ”
Fang Cheng didn't know Yan Ruyu's identity, but when he heard the word "dark guard", he could already know a lot of things.
At this moment, the carriage suddenly stopped, and the coachman was heard outside in a loud voice: "Major, the carriage has entered Gui Street!" ”
Yan Ruyu immediately got out of the carriage and said, "You immediately go and inform the others, surround this place, you must not let the two of them run away again." ”
"Whoa." The coachman was not polite either, and immediately prepared to drive away.
Shen Yun and Fang Cheng were about to get out of the car, but Yan Ruyu suddenly said: "I'll help Tu Tong, you go find someone to help!" ”
"No, you delicate little girl, what are you running around? I'll go with Brother Teng Yu to help Tu Commander, you ......," Shen Yun said immediately.
"Oh?!" Yan Ruyu narrowed her big black and white eyes, and her cunning eyes revealed a heroic spirit, "Master Hou looks down on the little woman's skills?" Why don't we make a move first? ”
"When is it, what are you still grinding here?!" Fang Cheng on the side hurriedly said, "Yuan Rang, I seem to have seen Tang inspect just now, you go to find him, and I will accompany her to help Tu Tong!" ”
Shen Yun was stunned for a moment, this line usually seemed to be what he said. What's more, this transcript doesn't know Yan Ruyu's identity, this chick still has hypochondriasis, but it seems that there is nothing wrong.
In this entanglement, Fang Cheng had already pushed him impatiently onto the carriage, and the coachman was also a simple soldier, and he directly flicked the horsewhip and ran towards the way he came.
When Tang Mo was found and returned to Gui Street again, this street that was scattered and dirty but still crowded during the day had already been cleared, and everyone was afraid to come out of their homes. And in the courtyard of the C-shaped gate of the third alley of Gui Street, Shen Yun found Fang Cheng and Yan Ruyu.
It didn't seem that Fang Cheng and Yan Ruyu were doing anything, but their breath was a little chaotic, and there were more than a dozen people around wearing strong suits. A man with a gloomy face.
"Yuanrang. There's a cellar here, and it's all ice, and there's two coffins, which are supposed to be what you call a carrier of the virus. As soon as he saw Shen Yun, Fang Cheng stepped forward and said urgently. Yan Ruyu frowned and said nothing.
"Only two coffins?" Shen Yun hurriedly ran to the cellar to take a look, and said to Tang Mo: "Tang Inspection, this is the source of the epidemic." You quickly have this thing transported to the mansion and the house, remember, don't touch the ice inside, and don't touch it directly as soon as possible, and wear a mask. The transporter washed his hands with stale vinegar afterwards and quarantined for a period of time. ”
Regardless of whether Tang Mo agreed or not, he turned around and asked Fang Cheng again: "What about Ma Nuo and Ling Hupeng?" ”
At this time, suddenly a silent firework sprang up further south of Gui Street, red and dazzling!
Yan Ruyu exclaimed: "It's Tu Tong, he's in trouble!" I'll leave it to the magistrate here, and the others will follow me!" ”
After finishing speaking, he immediately rushed towards the direction of the fireworks with more than a dozen men in strong suits. Shen Yun and Fang Cheng glanced at each other and followed.
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The place where the fireworks were raised was no longer within the boundaries of Gui Street. And hurry to the gate of Tianmen City. When Shen Yun and Fang Cheng arrived. The entire vicinity of the Heavenly Gate has been under martial law, and the fully armored Yulin Army has covered the entire city wall. Within ten zhang of the city gate, there was not a single pedestrian, all of them were soldiers armed with swords, bows and crossbows and other murderous weapons!
A captain wearing the Chiyan Sword Badge on his chest was talking to Yan Ruyu, who looked anxious. Shen Yun and Fang Cheng followed behind the crowd, and it was difficult for them to step forward and interject.
After a while, the captain seemed to have been notified of something, and immediately waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him got out of the way.
Yan Ruyu hurriedly walked back, glanced at Shen Yun and Fang Cheng, but did not mean to talk to them, but said to the dozen or so men in strong suits around him: "Those two Roman fine works have escaped from the city, and there seem to be three masters around to protect them." Just here, Tu Tong fought with them and killed one of them. Captain Gong of the Tianmen Yulin Army didn't know the identity of Tu Tongzhi at that time, so he ordered to shoot indiscriminately, and Tu Tongzhi was hit by an arrow, but he still chased down. Now that Captain Gong has agreed that I will take three people to chase down to help, which of you is willing to go with me? ”
Shen Yun listened freshly, it seems that these dozen or so men in strong suits are not exactly Yan Ruyu's subordinates! If she were, she probably wouldn't have spoken in such a consultative tone. Instead, it was ordered directly.
Sure enough, the tallest of the men in the power suit took a step forward and said, "Major, our duty is only to be in charge of the city, if we go out of the city, I am afraid that the higher authorities will blame you!" After all, this incident is the business of your first and second towns, and although our third town has the responsibility to help our comrades, it is ......."
The man didn't finish speaking, but the difficulty was obvious.
Obviously, this has something to do with the many restrictions in the Feather Forest Guard. After all, the Secret Guard is invisible, and although many people are aware of the existence of such an organization, they cannot make it public. And in order to limit the infinite expansion of the secret guard and prevent it from becoming an existence like the Ming Dynasty's East and West Factory, the wise and great Holy Ancestor Emperor estimated that he also set a lot of severe restrictive measures.
Yan Ruyu frowned and said, "I understand." However, Tu Tongzhi was injured, and there was a master on the other side, so I was worried that he would not be able to cope with it alone. What's more, the location of those plagues still falls on those two Roman finesses, and if it is postponed for a few more days, God knows what will become of the entire emperor......"
The man was obviously the leader of these people, and after hearing this, he also frowned deeply, and hesitated: "This, please forgive me, Major, I really can't order the brothers to take this risk." The secret guard stipulates that without the consent of the superiors, those who leave the station without permission will seek rebellion! This crime is too big to bear! ”
Yan Ruyu sighed and said, "Okay, then please take your brothers back quickly, and once you have to get the order, you will quickly go out of the city to assist." I'll leave marks along the way......"
The man hurriedly said, "Major, you have to chase down alone?" ”
Shen Yun couldn't stand it anymore, and jumped out and said, "Who said she was a person, isn't there still us?!" After speaking, he glanced at Yan Ruyu and said with a smile: "Major, if you don't dislike our brother's clumsiness, how about going to fight with you?" ”
To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that these people were unwilling to chase after Yan Ruyu, Shen Yun might not have come out like this. After all, this matter has nothing to do with him in the final analysis, maybe he has to take action in Bohai County, but in the imperial capital, he is really not qualified to take care of this matter with his identity as the Marquis of Bohai. I got here by mistake tonight.
Shen Yun was originally going to go back to sleep here, but the next thing was naturally taken over by the secret guards, and the worst thing was the Yulin Army. I still don't believe it, those masters can still be higher than thousands of troops!
But he didn't expect the military regulations of the secret guard to be so strict, in this era, once the crime of treason is involved, it is terrible, and few people are willing to take this risk. But if Yan Ruyu was allowed to chase him down alone, Shen Yun asked himself if he was not so cruel. What's more, this delicate little girl is his future sister-in-law, for Ruyue's sake, he can't let her take risks alone, right?!
Although it may seem, this little sister-in-law does not seem to be as weak as she looks......
Yan Ruyu looked at Shen Yun, stretched out her thin eyebrows, and said, "Do you really want to chase after me?" That's dangerous! ”
Shen Yun said impatiently: "Okay, okay, the eldest husband is hard to chase after him, where can he grind a lot of nonsense." Although I don't think Tu Tian is happy, his life or death doesn't matter to me, but I really can't do anything to let you take risks alone. What's more, you are with Ruyue...... Uh, Teng Yu, what do you say? ”
Shen Yun suddenly thought that those men just now all called Yan Ruyu "major", without a prefix, and probably didn't know Yan Ruyu's true identity, so he stopped halfway through.
Fang Cheng smiled, pushed away the crowd and stood up, and said neatly: "Give us two swords, and then let them open the door quickly!" (To be continued.) )
PS: I started writing again, and the idea will be a little different from before, but it is still mainly to promote the strength of the Han Empire. Originally, I thought that the "Western Thunder" in this volume refers to the rebellion in the Han Xinzhou, but in that case, it seems that the "Great Han Cavalry" will coincide, and it will feel a little worse, so the "Western Thunder" in this volume refers to Rome. As for how to hook up with the Roman Empire, hehe, please take your time!