Chu Huan was stunned for a moment, but he felt that his arm had been pulled, and the white blind man came from the side, pulled Chu Huan to the side, and blocked Chu Huan sideways, his pupils were already showing a look of horror.

"Get out of the way." The white blind man protected Chu Huan in front of him, raised his hand and waved, signaling the soldiers around the child to disperse, "Don't get close to him, he ......!" The white blind man's lips trembled, as if he had seen something extremely terrible.

After the guards dodged, the child shrank back in horror, timidly looking at the officers and soldiers of the golden iron horse around him, and at this moment, he heard someone behind the child exclaim: "He...... He hit the ghost...... I was scratched by a ghost, so be careful, everyone......! It was a peasant woman who was backing away, looking terrified.

Immediately from behind, several refugees came up, with wooden sticks in their hands, and pointed at the child: "Kill him, kill him, he will kill people......!" ”

Chu Huan seemed to understand something, frowned, and said in a deep voice: "White blind man, what do you say is going on?" ”

"Look at his arms, and his neck." The white blind man's voice changed a little: "Those are all traces of being scratched by ghost hands, this kid can't last a few days......!" ”

"What the hell?" Chu Huan tightened his brows, "He's sick ......!" ”

"Whether you are caught by a ghost or sick, you will die." The white blind man said in a trembling voice: "Many people are going to die......!" Turning his head to look at Chu Huan, "My lord, let's get out of here quickly, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time!" ”

The refugee waved the stick at the young boy with his club, but he did not dare to approach, the young boy was trembling with fear at first, and his eyes were dazed, but when he saw the refugees looking at him fiercely, he seemed to realize his danger, and suddenly he got up from the ground, spread his legs and ran, and an older refugee had already shouted: "Don't let him go, he will kill many people, kill him, burn his ......!" The man's words seemed to carry some weight, and many of them, who no longer bothered to ask the party for food, followed the child, screaming and chasing after him.

When Chu Huan saw such a scene, if he didn't care, the child would definitely end up very miserable, so he had to stop it, and before he gave the order, Du Fugong's voice had already come from the side: "My lord, you can't save him, dying at the hands of these people, for that child, it may not be a relief ......!" ”

Chu Huan turned his head and saw Du Fugong standing beside him with a solemn expression, frowned and asked, "Why did Mr. Du say this?" ”

"The so-called ghost catch is just the idea of the foolish people." Du Fugong sighed softly: "But that child is plagued by the plague and is terminally ill, even if Hua Tuo is reincarnated, he will not survive, if what I say is right, then his body will quickly fester, rotten and unbearable, and he will die tragically after suffering great pain...... If that's the case, it's a blessing to die now. ”

Chu Huan's body trembled, and he lost his voice: "Plague? ”

Du Fugong put his hands behind his back, looked up at the somewhat withered yellow sky, and sighed: "After the catastrophe, there will be a great plague...... The war in the northwest has killed so many people, and many corpses cannot even be buried at will, but abandoned in the wilderness and left to rot...... My lord, I'm afraid that what you, the governor of Xiguan, have done is more difficult than all the governors in the world. ”

Chu Huan clenched his fists and said in a low voice: "What does Mr. Du mean, is it customary to have a large-scale plague?" ”

"It seems inevitable anymore." Du Fugong said slowly: "More than 20 years ago, after the Battle of Sichuan Dao, it was too late to deal with the abandoned corpses everywhere, and then there was also a plague, which lasted for a long time, and tens of thousands of people died......!" ”

Chu Huan frowned and said, "That...... How was it controlled after that? ”

"Fortunately, the Medicine King family took action to prevent an even greater catastrophe." Du Fu is fair.

"The Medicine King Family?"

"Don't adults know the Zhang family, the king of medicine?" Du Fugong said curiously: "That is a famous family that has been handed down since the Han Dynasty, and their ancestor Zhang Zhongjing is known as the medical saint!" ”

"Huh?" When Chu Huan heard the name "Zhang Zhongjing", he immediately remembered that the two famous doctors of the Han Dynasty, Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing, Chu Huan no longer remembered, but these two people also remembered, "Zhang Zhongjing still has descendants?" ”

Du Fugong laughed dumbly, "My lord said that he laughed, he not only has descendants, but also once his descendants were prosperous, but the medical skills were passed down by his Changmen lineage, in the Wu Dynasty, Zhang Zhongjing's descendants were given the title of the medicine king family, and it has been passed down, I heard that the family style of the medicine king family is strict, and the reputation is very good." Originally, the Zhang family has been living in Nanyang, and when it came to the previous dynasty, Zhang Chuji, the head of the Yaowang family, went to Shu, which is now Sichuan Road, and he liked it there, and moved his family to Sichuan, and since then he has settled in Sichuan. ”

Chu Huan knew that Du Fugong was erudite and talented, and he knew the situation of the medicine king family well, Chu Huan did not feel strange, and Du Fugong continued: "Later, the Tianshu Kingdom was founded in Shu, and the Zhang family was also under the rule of the Tianshu Kingdom, stopping the spread of the plague ......! ”

Chu Huan frowned and said, "Sir, is saying that today's Xiguan, the same as the original Sichuan, will also have that great plague?" ”

"Actually, Du has been worried about this happening." Du Fu said fairly: "Du also often inquired about the situation in the northwest, and he didn't hear about the plague in the northwest for a long time, the more so, the more worried Du was in his heart, the plague was a sudden and rapid spread, and it didn't break out for a long time, once it broke out, the consequences would be unimaginable, and the horror of the epidemic was also extraordinary......!" ”

Chu Huanqi said: "Sir, didn't he have long expected that there would be a plague in the northwest? ”

Du hoped not, but ...... The Xiliang people entered the pass, and Du did not think that they would properly bury the dead soldiers and people. Du Fugong said with a stern expression: "As long as the corpses after the war are not properly disposed of, then the plague will inevitably occur." My lord, we have also seen in the past few days that there are many corpses leaking on the side of the road along the way, even if the corpses in some places are buried, but they are very sloppy, and even the corpses have not been completely buried. ”

"Sir, since the Medicine King family has experience in dealing with the epidemic, I immediately sent someone back to the capital, handed the fold up, and implored the imperial court to immediately mobilize the Medicine King family to come to the northwest to help the northwest tide through this difficulty." Chu Huan knew that once the epidemic broke out and could not be effectively controlled, the spread of the plague would be terrifying, and I was afraid that it would not be long before the entire northwest would become a hell.

Du Fugong shook his head and said: "The imperial court is afraid that it will not be able to drop the medicine Wang family!" ”

"Oh?" Chu Huan frowned and said, "Why is this?" ”

"Because the family of the medicine king has disappeared." Du Fugong sighed: "After the Tianshu Kingdom was destroyed by the Great Qin Iron Cavalry, the Medicine King family also disappeared with the destruction of the Tianshu Kingdom, and since then, no one has heard about the Medicine King Family again......!" ”

According to Chu Huan's instructions, the team took some dry food from the car and distributed it to the people blocking the road, at this time it was already dark, Xuanyuan Shengcai for the sake of safety, came over and begged Chu Huan to leave immediately, not to delay on the road, Chu Huan ordered everyone to continue to hurry, thinking that Su Niang's hand was scratched, got into Su Niang's carriage, and saw that Rulian had found a clean cloth towel and bandaged Su Niang's hand.

Su Niang's eyebrows frowned slightly, and when she saw Chu Huan getting into the car, her brows stretched slightly, Chu Huan sat down next to Su Niang, and asked softly, "Does your hand still hurt?" ”

Su Niang heard Chu Huan's soft words, her heart warmed, and she shook her head and said, "It's okay, second ...... Don't worry about ......, sir! Thinking of something, he asked, "Where did the kid go?" Did you scare him just now? He suddenly pulled the curtain on the car, and I ...... I was startled, so I pushed him down with my hand, but ...... But he scratched my hand...... Did he get hurt when he fell out of the car? ”

Chu Huan shook his head and smiled: "You don't have to worry, he's fine." The heart is sighing, maybe it is really as Du Fugong said, for the child who is already terminally ill, leave early, and be relieved early.

He is just worried about how he will deal with it once the plague in Xiguan Dao really spreads rapidly, everything in Xiguan is messy, Chu Huan was already a little upset along the way, and now coupled with the plague that has appeared, it is like hanging a sharp sword on Chu Huan's head again, which makes Chu Huan feel a little anxious.

After nightfall, the guards are more vigilant, the carriage is in the heart, and the guards cavalry are all around, all of them are holding the reins of the horse with one hand, and pressing the handle of the knife with the other, ready to deal with the unexpected, although it is the end of May, but the night wind in the northwest is still a little cold, especially the fine sand rolled up by the wind, hitting the face is really painful.

Xuanyuan Shengcai sent a few scouts to Qingtang County to report in advance, and in the middle of the night, Chu Huan heard Xuanyuan Shengcai's voice in front: "My lord, the front is Qingtang County, it seems that someone is waiting at the gate of the city." ”

Chu Huan urged him to step forward, to the front of the team, and saw a little fire in the distance, the firelight, and saw an earthen city, the city is not high, just like most cities in the northwest, it is built of earth and stone, the city gate is made of giant wood, and the door hole is not high, the northwest is not as good as the Guannei, the city wall is tall and strong, in the Guanxi region, the general small county town, the scale is much smaller than the county seat in the Guan.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency the Governor, where is Your Excellency the Governor?" A voice came, and the light of the fire had already moved quickly to this side, "Zhou Renkang, the county commander of Qingtang County, didn't know that the governor was coming, and he was disappointed, so please forgive me!" ”

Behind this Zhou county commander, followed by a large group of people, that is, county officials, such as the county officials, the main box, the six room economic inheritance, the school official inspection, etc., all of them have already knelt on the ground when they got close.

"Get up, it's the official who is bothering you." Chu Huan took the reins of the horse, sat on the horse, and raised his hand to order the officials to get up.

"Don't bother, don't bother, the Governor is here, and it's shining." Zhou County ordered hurriedly said: "I got the notice from the superior, the lower officials have vacated the cold house, sent someone to clean it, and asked the governor and his wife to stay in the cold house!" ”