Xiong Kaiyuan didn't mention how frustrated he was, this bare pole prefect is not easy to be, he is not familiar with life when he first arrives, and he is helpless in the face of this mess. He glanced at Zhou Jin angrily and said:

"Why didn't you run away with it, the plague doesn't have eyes!"

Zhou Jin replied solemnly:

"Zhou Jin treats the sinful body, thanks to the emperor's refusal to give up, and entrusts the Datong Mansion with a general judgment, how dare he bear the holy grace again?"

Xiong Kaiyuan only felt a burst of bitterness in his mouth, and sighed.

"You and I are really brothers......"

He and Zhou Jin's situation is similar, originally with Liu Yuliang under the edict of Jinyiwei, thanks to the emperor still remembered the old feelings, did not rush to kill, Liu Yuliang was still waiting in Beijing to listen to the use, he was personally summoned into the palace by the emperor, after some encouragement, he actually promised his Datong prefect an errand on the spot.

This really moved Xiong Kaiyuan for a while, and he was secretly determined to seize this great opportunity and make some achievements, maybe he could still list the territory and worship the prime minister in the future. But the reality is cruel and makes him unprepared, if the opponent is someone who can see and touch, he can still have a way to deal with it. But the plague is something that cannot be controlled by manpower, and even if he Xiong Kaiyuan has three heads and six arms, he can only stare at it without a curse.

"Everyone's worked hard, it's cold, don't stand, go, go, go back!"

Xiong Kaiyuan was excited, and he had no patience with these green-robed officials, and as soon as a word landed, these officials walked away like a scattered tide, but Zhou Jin was still standing with his hands in his hands, and he couldn't help but sigh at this scene:

"Only Brother Zhou still remembers the old days......"

Zhou Jin said coldly again: "The prefect also asks the subordinate to go back to the yamen with the lower officials to get an idea for the big guy, how to deal with this plague!" ”

In a word, he came back hard, Xiong Kaiyuan is so boring, give the big guy an idea? He doesn't know who to turn to for his ideas!

"Let's go, we'll talk about it when we get there!"

When Xiong Kaiyuan first came out of the capital, he never imagined that he would be in such a situation when he took office, not only did he not have the gentry who greeted him, but he didn't even get thin wine and side dishes. As soon as he arrived at the prefect's yamen, Zhou Jin immediately called several green-robed officials who were in charge of the relevant affairs, ready to listen to the instructions of the lord of the prefect's office.

To be honest, Xiong Kaiyuan is not a doctor, and he has no relevant experience in dealing with the plague, so he has no idea at all, but Zhou Jin forced him to take the idea, and he had an idea that he thought was reliable.

"Exterminate rats, of course the plague outbreak must cut off the source, from today onwards the whole city will be exterminated, when the rats are dead, the plague will be self-defeating......"

A green-robed officer finally couldn't hold back and interrupted Xiong Kaiyuan.

At the beginning of the outbreak of the plague, a large-scale extermination of rats had been organized in the city, but with little effect, and the number of people dying of disease was still rising......

"What? Already exterminated? ”

You can't even exterminate rats, so what else? Xiong Kaiyuan couldn't think of a way.

"How many doctors are there in the city? What is the cure for this disease? ”

The green-robed officer couldn't answer this question, and it was Zhou Jin who answered him.

"Almost all the doctors in the city are sick and dead......

As for the right medicine, if there really is, will so many people still die? Zhou Jin then briefly introduced the situation of illness and death in the city, roughly speaking, the people in the city were ten rooms and five empty, and if this continued, they would not need Tartars to slaughter the city, and they themselves would all die.

Xiong Kaiyuan suddenly thought of the military guards of Datong Mansion.

"Do we have a grasp of the situation of the surrounding military guards?"

"Except for Datong Fucheng, plagues have basically been found in various places, and the casualties are incalculable, especially in Hunyuan Prefecture and Andong Zhongtun Guard." When Zhou Jin said this, his voice stopped slightly, and he said with a special emphasis: "However, there is a place that is strangely tight!" ”

"Where? How strange is it? ”

"The messenger sent to inquire about the situation has returned to report that there have been no deaths from the plague since the day before yesterday!"

Xiong Kaiyuan frowned, there are such things, although he doesn't know how to deal with the plague, but he also has a little bit of the power of the plague, as long as there is a place where the population is inhabited once this thing is infected, the ten rooms and nine empty spaces that are not tossed will not be counted, even if it can't reach such a tragic level, it will always be delayed for several months, and it will gradually subside after the season, how can it stop abruptly before the peak arrives?

"Where is it, Brother Zhou, don't sell it."

Zhou Jin looked at Xiong Kaiyuan and said word by word: "Zhenyuwei, Yanghewei, Gaoshan Wei......"

"Wait, I seem to have heard of the names of these guards in recent days......" Xiong Kaiyuan thought for a moment and slapped his thigh suddenly.

"Yes, the chief soldier of the three guards, isn't that thief Li Xin the chief soldier of the three guards? It was sealed by the emperor himself! ”

Seeing Xiong Kaiyuan's reaction, Zhou Jin said flatly: "It is Li Xin, the chief soldier of the Three Guards!" ”

Xiong Kaiyuan got up and paced back and forth in the room for a few steps, as if asking and talking to himself.

"Li Xin's little thief is a horse thief, how can he have the ability to curb the plague, isn't there something strange about this?"

Zhou Jin still has that cold face, and he can't see the fluctuation of feelings.

"The lower official also had doubts, and later sent someone to visit him in private, even if what he said was not 100%, he would not leave ten!"

Xiong Kaiyuan suddenly burst out laughing.

"There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, it takes no effort to get it, tomorrow this horse thief will be recruited to Datong Mansion City, and we will also learn from it."

Xiong Kaiyuan said, just when he saw that the green-robed official who interrupted his speech just now was looking at him, he pointed at him.

"You, yes, it's you, I'll go tomorrow and tell him the prefect yamen to pass him on!"

The green-robed official hesitated for a moment, but seeing Xiong Kaiyuan's resolute attitude, he still gave up his promise.

"Lord Prefect, I'm afraid it's wrong to send him!"

Hearing this, Xiong Kaiyuan stared at Zhou Jin with a disapproving expression.

"What do you mean by that?"

He didn't do an investigation before he came to Datong, although the military and political guards were in charge of both military and political affairs, but the imperial court in order to check and balance the military salaries and promotions were all from the Datong government, so that he could choke the commanders of the guards and the necks of the border generals.

……

The city of Daizhou, south of Yanmen Pass, is also closed, and a large number of refugees have gathered outside the city, both from the south and from the suspected infected people in Daizhou City. Not far away is the mass grave, the corpses are not as good as the buried, scattered everywhere, fortunately the weather is still cold, so as not to rot and stink.

Five miles south of Daizhou City, there is a manor that occupies a large area, and there is also a tense atmosphere in it, but it is well organized, which is many times better than the miserable scene in Daizhou City. In addition to enclosing a large piece of land in Zhuangzi, there is also a three-entry house.

The first time I entered the house, a burst of argument came through the thick window paper.

"Daddy, don't you have to turn back?"

The person who spoke was dressed in a long robe, the candles in the room were dimmed, and the bridge did not know the expression on his face.

"When did Daddy retort?"

The man sitting in the middle of the hall had a long brocade robe and long hair, and his eyes seemed to be dancing with an elusive light in the darkness.

"So, did Daddy agree to the child's plan?"

There was an undisguised joy in his voice. The long-haired man stroked his beard, and there seemed to be a little dissatisfaction in his voice, "Joy and anger are invisible, learn more from your brothers......"

There seemed to be a burly man standing in the shadows, the man in the long shirt waved his hand, and said with a smile: "I can't learn the skills of the eldest brother...... laughing, and then said to the man in the brocade robe and long hair: "Daddy and eldest brother are both boring people, if you learn, won't you become as boring as you in the future...... The child quit first......"

After that, a gust of wind seemed to go out.

The man hidden in the shadows then revealed himself and came to the only lit candlestick in the main room.

"Father, did you really agree? That kid is Liu Xiang's sworn enemy, he is a little soldier with no soldiers and no power, in case he affects his little sister......"

The man in the brocade robe and the beard interrupted the man with a wave of his hand.

"Don't underestimate the general soldier of the light pole, it only took more than a month to completely grasp the real power of the Zhenwei guard, and now he took the opportunity of the Mongols to commit border crimes and make plagues to firmly control Yang Hewei and Gaoshan Wei, so that the general army of the three guards is no longer nameless. How could this be done by ordinary people? Even if he is a different father, I am afraid that he may not be able to do this. ”

The man nodded yes, but he was still a little unimpressed.

"I have to say that the kid surnamed Li has some skills, but he openly plundered the wealth of our Jin merchants to enrich himself, which is equivalent to putting himself on the opposite side of the entire Jin merchants, making countless enemies. Now, the new prefect is his old rival, and under the suppression of many parties, it is already very difficult for him to protect himself. ”

"That's true, but if someone sends charcoal in the snow, it's a different story!"

"After all, did my father still let my little sister die?"

The brocade robe waved his hand and smiled: "My father asked you, what is the trend of the world now, who can determine it accurately?" The Ming Dynasty has lasted for more than 200 years, and who knows when it will run out? ”

"That's why my father burned the cold stove outside the gate with the Fan family?"

The man in the brocade robe and the long beard nodded and said, "Who knows if the cold stove will become a hot stove in the future, and the hot stove may become a cold stove again......"

The man was obviously taken aback, "Father means that this Ming world ......"

"Alas! Whether it's a cold stove or a hot stove, someone has to burn it, no matter who becomes a thing in the future, our Huang family can be invincible. It is inside and outside the Guan, and it is also the case between the DPRK and the DPRK. ”

"Father, I really look down on the kid surnamed Li, but I'm afraid that the cold stove of Zhenyuwei will burn early."

"It's not too late, it's just right to go now."

"The father is far-sighted, and the child is difficult to perceive for a while, thinking about whether the kid is alive or dead, it is always a matter between our Huang family's gestures."