Chapter 225: The slaughter of the city is imminent
"Who are you passing a book to?"
Yin Zhen suddenly looked at Su Peisheng vigilantly.
Yinzhen doesn't trust anyone anymore. Even Nian's is inseparable from him, let alone others.
He was sure that he didn't let Su Peisheng send a message to anyone, who was this dog slave quietly passing on the message to?
Seeing that the carrier pigeon was about to fly to the sky, Yinzhen turned around and took a bow and arrow, pulled the bow and shot the carrier pigeon down.
The carrier pigeon fluttered its wings and fell into the rushing water.
"Master, the slave should die, that's Concubine De's mother asked the slave to report the trivial things such as whether the master ate well or not every three days, and whether he slept well or not..."
"The slave thought that Niangniang must be worried about the well-being of the master, so he wrote a letter to Niangniang to report safety~"
Su Peisheng said without changing his face, in fact, he was very nervous.
Because the letter was addressed to the Nian family, informing the Nian family that he had arrived at Zhenjiang Mansion ahead of schedule.
Seeing that the fourth master ordered the blood drops to pick up the dead pigeons that fell into the river, Su Peisheng lowered his head.
He wasn't afraid that he would see the contents of the secret letter.
Just in case, he prepared two letters to and from Nian at a time.
And one after the other, it is still dipped in oil with a brush, and the words are written on the glutinous rice paper that melts when it encounters water.
The sealed bamboo tube is also hidden in the cat, and there are a few small holes at the bottom, which will be poured into the bamboo tube when soaked in water, and the glutinous rice paper will be wet into a paste.
At this time, looking at the shapeless note that Enpu pulled out, Su Peisheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
"Don't let E-Niang worry, you don't have to write these letters to report safety in the future! Su Peisheng.."
Yin Zhen's tone paused, and she wanted to ask who else was concerned about his safety besides Eniang, if she had ever come to ask.
But when the words came to his mouth, he felt that he was humiliating himself, so he didn't say more.
....
In Zhenjiang Mansion, Nian Yaoyue had already found out the cause, but she didn't expect it to be a highly contagious cholera.
She found out that at the beginning of the month, a grand Buddha's birthday was held, and almost half of the people in the city drank the rootless water distributed by the ancient Dasheng Temple.
Rootless water that has not been boiled does not know how many bacteria it contains.
Nian Yaoyue was burning her life to check the prescription for cholera, when she suddenly heard someone shouting that the four princes were coming.
The Four Princes!! The fourth master is here, didn't Su Peisheng say that the fourth master will come in five days? Why did you suddenly come early?
Nian Yaoyue nervously lowered her hat and hid in the corner.
Seeing that the fourth master was wearing armor and leading several imperial doctors with medicine boxes to come. Nian Yaoyue stomped her feet anxiously.
She grabbed the brush in front of a fortune-telling booth and wrote a small note, she was having a headache how to send the small note to Su Peisheng, when she suddenly saw a little beggar leaning against the corner and tickling.
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"The official lord helps, the villain hasn't eaten for several days, ask the official to reward a few dollars to save his life~"
Su Peisheng was following behind Lord Belle, and suddenly a little beggar rushed out of the crowd, pulling his sleeve and asking for a copper plate.
He was just about to push the little beggar away, when he suddenly felt something stuffed in his hand. Suddenly realized, it must be Nian's nearby.
"Don't worry, the imperial court will set up a porridge shed at the entrance of the government in a while~"
Su Peisheng pushed the little beggar and took advantage of the situation to squeeze the small paper ball in his hand.
When he arrived at the mansion, Su Peisheng took a look at the paper ball under the pretext of going to the thatched house.
Hurriedly came to the flower hall, and heard Lord Belle discussing with Fu Yin and the imperial doctors.
Hearing that Lord Belle had already suspected that it was the disaster caused by the rootless water on the Buddha's birthday, Su Peisheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't have to take the lead.
"Master, the king of Zhijun has blocked the city gate with a lot of soldiers, and he is only allowed to enter but not to leave!" Enpp came in anxiously to report.
"Yes!"
Yinzhen didn't show much shock, and when he came, Huang Ama said that he would let his eldest brother bring troops to prevent the mob from rebelling.
Judging from the symptoms, this plague is very likely to be cholera, and in the face of this natural disaster, there is not much good way but to seal off the place where the plague broke out.
If the situation is not controlled, it can only destroy the city, although it is more cruel. But it's the most effective way.
Huang Ama strictly ordered that he must suppress the epidemic within a month, otherwise... When the time comes, the elite of the Eight Banners led by the eldest brother will take over this city and burn it to the ground...... Rebuild the city...
"The order is to be sent down, all those who have symptoms such as diarrhea and vomiting should be gathered in one place, isolated from the asymptomatic, and martial law will be imposed on the whole city immediately, no one shall gather at will, all funerals and marriages will be cancelled, and those who do not obey the order will be executed."
"All the gutters and wells in the city are sprinkled with quicklime! Those who are hungry can go to the government porridge shed to receive porridge at lunchtime! ”
The minions acted according to Yinzhen's instructions.
When Nian Yaoyue saw that the fourth master had only taken over the city for half a day, the situation in the city was much more orderly than when she came.
I was very relieved that the four masters really made an extraordinary move.
At this time, leaning against the corner of the wall and watching the fourth master personally give porridge to those hungry people in the porridge shed, Nian Yaoyue suddenly felt that her man would do a good job even if she didn't mix with it.
Looking at the long queue, Nian Yao still felt pity at the beginning of the month, but gradually, his face became more and more strange.
No, these people are weird, I didn't expect that in the face of natural disasters, there would be people fishing in troubled waters to take advantage.
Nian Yaoyue was suddenly furious.
At this time, Yinzhen, who was giving porridge, also found that the cat was greasy, this is a plague, not a locust plague and a flood, why did so many hungry people pour out?
There must be people who want to take advantage, so they mix in with the hungry people and take porridge and rice.
Just when everyone was at a loss, Su Peisheng, who came back from the thatched house, suddenly said that there was a good plan.
"What can you do? These people came here to make a full disguise, and they can't tell the truth from the fake, what do you know as a minion? ”
Yin Zhen didn't take what Su Peisheng said to heart at all.
"If the minion's method doesn't work, the master will pick the minion's head melon seeds, master, we don't have a better idea now, you let the minion try?"
Su Peisheng thought to himself that he was a high-ranking prince, how could he know about the people's suffering.
Once people are hungry, they even eat bark and grass roots, and Su Peisheng even ate soil when he was a child...
I wondered in my heart, I didn't know that the bad roots and nature of the poor people were inevitable.
But how did Nian's delicate lady come up with such a wonderful method?
"Okay, just let your dog slave toss it once~"
Yinzhen saw that Su Peisheng swore an oath, so he decided to let him try it, and he would be a dead horse doctor.
Su Peisheng confidently walked to the big iron pot containing rice porridge, leaned over and held a large handful of dirty charcoal ash sprinkled with white flowers.
"Dog minion! What are you doing! ”
Yin Zhen looked at the porridge stained by charcoal ash in distress, you must know that there is not much food in the city.
It also takes two or three days for the grain from the nearby granary to arrive.