In this day and age, no one would believe that there is such a person who can control the spread of the plague and cure the plague. In the view of the ancients, the plague was the punishment of heaven for mankind. Whenever this happens, it means that God is dissatisfied with the rule of the ruling class, and in order to admit his mistakes to Heaven and the people, the emperor wants to issue an edict against himself, and high-ranking officials such as the Three Princes and the Nine Secretaries have to resign. It is another matter to say whether the emperor will approve it in the end, but this attitude must be had. It can be seen from this that the appearance of the plague will cause a great sensation in the hearts of the common people.

There is a plague in the Xuzhou army! The camp of the great general Liu Bei is fine, but the camp of the White Tiger General Tian Fan is full of casualties, the plague is rampant, and thousands of soldiers die every day!

This news spread in the land of Huainan in two days at a speed faster than the spread of the plague. First of all, Xia Cai, Dangtu, Xiquyang, Yinling, Dongcheng, and then, Chengde, Liyang, Quanjiao, Hefei, in just two days, all the county towns of Jiujiang County are rumoring about this matter.

A few days ago, the Xuzhou army was crazy about buying all kinds of medicinal materials, and the Xuzhou army was obviously full of troops, seeing that Huaishui was about to freeze, and there would be a big problem with the supply of grain and grass after freezing, it was as stable as Mount Tai, and it would not attack the city even if it died! The answer is about to come out, it seems that there is really a big problem within the Xuzhou Army!

The entire Jiujiang County was in an unprecedented panic, and all the people who learned of the rumors, no matter what they were doing, turned back to their homes and closed their doors. Among the more than 30 cities in Jiujiang County, only Liyang, Xia Cai, and Dangtu have thousands of Xuzhou soldiers and soldiers, and they can barely control the situation, and the rest of the cities have been completely chaotic.

The rumors in various places were learned by the Xuzhou soldiers stationed there, and they immediately reported to Liu Bei. After a little hesitation, Liu Bei decided to temporarily withdraw from the county seat, which was not fully controlled. But this slight hesitation has produced bitter fruits!

Yin Ling, the seventh day of Tian Fan's independent camp, evening.

A winery called Xiangmanlou was completely owned. Xiangmanlou occupies a huge area, and the amount of money it costs to charter such a building, even for one night, is very staggering. In normal times, this news would be frantically discussed by the ordinary people in the city, but at this time, in the face of the news of the emergence of the plague, no one has the leisure to spread rumors.

Xiangmanlou is a large winery, divided into two buildings, one front and one back, the front is the restaurant, and the back is the guest house. The restaurant is a three-storey building, carved beams and paintings, dazzling, in the advocating luxury of the Yinling City, is regarded as the top and most popular restaurant. The first floor is a hall, and the second and third floors are private rooms.

At this moment, the incense building that has been wrapped by people is not crowded with people on weekdays, there are only less than 100 people. In the hall on the first floor, the decoration is magnificent, and dozens of candles illuminate the hall brilliantly. At this time, more than 20 people were already waiting there. They gathered in groups of three or five, nervously discussing something.

A wealthy middle-aged man said to a man with a pair of triangular eyes and a snarky look beside him: "Brother Su, what do you guess Brother Wang is looking for us?" ”

The triangular eye glanced at him, snorted coldly, and said, "What else can happen?" Lao Wang is the first family of our Yinling, the family is abundant, the shelf is also big, he invited us to come, of course we have to come, what he asked us to do, of course we have to do! ”

The rich man frowned and shook his head, and said, "Brother Su, Brother Wang is not that kind of person!" Hehe, you haven't forgotten that grievance a few years ago? Although Brother Wang was a little unauthentic at the time, he has taken care of you a lot in the past few years. ”

The triangular eye suddenly woke up, this is not the time to talk about those grievances, so he hurriedly snorted and said: "Hehe, thank you Brother Li for reminding me, the younger brother has also been in a bad mood recently, so nothing is pleasing to the eye!" ”

After a slight pause, he pretended to mysteriously glance at the people around him, and said in a low voice: "Brother Li, according to the junior brother's estimate, Brother Wang brought us here, it should be to discuss the road of our Yin Tomb, how to go in the future!" ”

The old man Li raised his eyebrows, "Oh? Brother Su is resourceful, do you want to solve my confusion for my brother? ”

The triangular-eyed Su Yuanwai smiled and said, "Brother Li, think about it, it has been rumored recently that there has been a plague within the Xuzhou Army, how much impact does this news have?" Brother, that's a plague! If there is a plague in the army, will this army be defeated? The Xuzhou army is about to be defeated, so what should we do with these families? ”

Peeking at the people nearby, and seeing that they didn't pay attention to him, he said cautiously: "Brother Li, we surrendered to the Xuzhou Army as a last resort, Your Majesty must be able to understand our hardships." The younger brother thought, Brother Wang is looking for us, probably to discuss our future way out, right? ”

Li Yuanwai was stunned for a moment, his face changed for a long time, and he said softly: "Brother Su, in my opinion, it's better for us people not to coerce the Xuzhou army too much." What if they are forced by us to attack the city again? Let's not talk about whether we can attack the city or not, let's just say a little bit, in case Uncle Liu Huang goes crazy and sends hundreds of sick people to attack the city, do you say we resist or not? If we don't resist, we will be unlucky, resist, and after killing a few people, if there is another plague in the city, wouldn't it be ......"

When Su Yuanwai heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded! Yes, if people are forced to be in a hurry, they will be a fish to death, and if there is a plague in the city, then the wealth they have accumulated for decades and hundreds of years will be wiped out overnight!

At this moment, two people walked into the hall. At the beginning, a man in his fifties, with a white face and a long beard, rich but not luxurious, was the organizer of this party, the head of the first family of Yinling, and the eighteenth daughter of Wang. This person's father married at the age of twenty-one, and his wife and two concubines lived very lovingly, but he failed to give birth to a son. By the time he was thirty years old, he couldn't hold it anymore, and he took a concubine every two years in order to give birth to a son. But the strange thing is that I don't know that the incense was not burned well, and all the daughters born were raised, but the sons died before they were even a year old.

Finally, when the old man was fifty years old, the wives and concubines in the family were about to catch up with a reinforced platoon, and when they had already given birth to seventeen daughters, they finally gave birth to a son, and raised them to be more than one year old. The old man listened to an old nonsense, saying that he was destined to have no children, and if he gave birth to a son, he had to give a daughter's name in order to hide it from heaven and raise him, so he gave this only son a name, and called him Wang Eighteen Daughters......

Wang Eighteen Daughter is a talent, especially in business. He was favored by his family when he was a child, and his personality was extremely arrogant, and after he took over the family business at the age of twenty, he offended many people because of his personality. But his ability is indeed very strong, in his hands, the Wang family has become the largest family in Yinling in less than thirty years, and has left the second place a few streets. Maybe it's because he's old, his personality is stable, and he knows how to value harmony, his personality has converged a lot over the years, and because of this, his prestige in Yinling is even more unstoppable.

In addition to the eighteenth daughter of the king, there was another person, a scribe in his thirties, who was unknown to everyone.

The eighteenth daughter of the king hugged her fists and saluted the heads of the families who came around, with a spring breeze on her face, it was hard to believe that he was a very fucked person when he was young!

Sure enough, as the head of the Triangle-eyed Su family said, the eighteenth daughter of the king came to them to discuss the future direction of Yinling.

After analyzing the situation, Wang Eighteen Nu smiled and said, "Everyone, if you have anything to say, you can say it." One person has less wisdom, three people have more wisdom, and Wang wants to listen to the thoughts of the audience. ”

Someone said loudly: "Brother Wang, we all listen to you!" Whatever you say, we'll do! ”

Many people responded and chimed in.

The triangular-eyed Su family master raised his right hand and said, "Brother Wang, junior brother has something to say!" ”

When Wang Eighteen saw it, her brows suddenly furrowed, and her heart was a little angry. If this Su Ding doesn't know the current affairs and still sings to himself at such a critical moment, then he is too indiscriminate. Thinking so, but the city of the eighteenth daughter of the king had already been practiced, he smiled slightly, and said, "Oh? Brother Su has something to say? Hehe, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it! ”

Su Ding nodded and told the worry that the head of the Li family had just said.

Wang Eighteen Nu didn't think about this situation, and couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this. Yes, Su Ding's worries are not superfluous at all. He couldn't help but look at the scribe beside him.

The scribe smiled and said, "Everyone, your worries are unnecessary! I am a special envoy sent by His Majesty, and I have the clever plan that Your Majesty, Yang Hongchangshi and Yan Xiang Master Shu came up with, just to deal with your worries! ”

After a slight pause, he said something, and finally concluded: "Everyone, do you think so? If you are worried that Liu Bei will jump over the wall in a hurry, then don't offend them too much, you just need to drive away the soldiers of the Xuzhou Army stationed in various places, Your Majesty can understand your hard work, after all, a plague-ridden Huainan is not what Your Majesty wants to see. ”

Everyone nodded again and again when they heard this, and Wang Eighteen Nu smiled and said, "Hehe, Mr. Gaojian, Yang Changshi and Master Yan Gaojian!" Okay, just do as Mr. says! Do you have any objections? ”

Everyone shook their heads and shouted, "No! ”

Wang Eighteen Nu laughed and said: "Well, since this is the case, we will go back tonight to prepare, act tomorrow, expel the Xuzhou army, control the city gate, and allow you to enter!" ”

The heads of all the families followed in groups, and they were ready to do a big job.

The clan of Yin Ling is relatively mild, and it is a more reasonable way to deal with it if they think of leaving a back road. After all, people are different from each other, and some radical families, when they heard the news, advocated killing the soldiers of the Xuzhou army stationed in the city in order to pay tribute to Yuan Shu, who seemed to be not going to fall in the short term. But no matter what kind of proposition, there is one thing in common, that is, to temporarily cut off contact with the Xuzhou army. Therefore, the gates of each city were controlled by private soldiers improvised by the major local families, and they were not allowed to enter.

Those cities where radical families have an advantage will naturally slaughter the Xuzhou soldiers. And the city where the moderate family is dominant will disarm the soldiers stationed in the Xuzhou army or let them go. In less than two days, the Xuzhou army lost more than 3,000 soldiers, which was comparable to a one-day siege battle. This point made Liu Bei angry, but there was nothing he could do.

In every city, there is a person sent by Yuan Shu, and that person's mission is to analyze the situation and control the trend of rumors. And the direction of the rumors is obviously forcing the Xuzhou army into a corner.