General Chu's breath was suffocated, and the tune almost changed tone. Finally, the people who came and went in and out of the army quickly adjusted their breath and continued to play, so as not to appear how weak their hearts were. However, I couldn't help laughing at myself in my heart, how crazy I had to be to blow this tune to a girl who had just known her for half a month.

Li Jingshan didn't know the turbulent waves in Chu Tiankuo's heart at all. She heard the music, peeked her head out from behind the boulder, and saw the silhouette of the handsome figure plated in the moonlight, which reminded her of the statues of Western gods that she had seen in museums when she was a student in the old modern times, the beauty of the powerful yet delicate and soft.

Li Jingshan looked at it for a moment, swallowed her saliva and retracted her head, and continued to wash her black hair, the corners of her mouth flying high.

She remembered herself at that time, standing in front of the body-building sculpture of a Western deity and studying for a long time, and finally gave a pertinent evaluation from the perspective of a rigorous scientist: eye-catching.

Although Chu Tiankuo didn't urge at all, Li Jingshan didn't dare to let the dignified general stand guard for her for too long, and after quickly cleaning it, she hurriedly dressed and went ashore. When she walked to Chu Tiankuo's side with a body of water vapor, the fresh fragrance of her daughter still made Chu Tiankuo's heart flutter.

He didn't dare to look at Li Jingshan, looked at the river, and said quite uncomfortably, "It's really hot this weather, I'll go down to bubble too, you go back first." ”

Li Jingshan did not doubt him, responded with a smile, and returned to the camp first. Chu Tiankuo watched her walk away, so he took off his robe and soaked in the water where she had just gone into the water. But even the cold water of the river could not extinguish his heat.

He soaked in the water for a long time before he slowly got up and cleaned himself up. Halfway through his robe, he suddenly heard an exclamation from the camp. His eyes lit up, and he quickly finished dressing, and his figure swept up, silently passing by like a bird.

But after a few breaths, he arrived at the camp, Chu Tiankuo saw the soldiers around the river pointing and discussing, and hurriedly went over to take a look, but saw the corpse of a dead pig on the riverbank, which had been soaked beyond recognition, with a foul smell, but the color was strange blue and purple.

A soldier stepped forward and reported: "This is floating from upstream." ”

Chu Tiankuo raised his head and glanced upstream, his eyes gradually darkened - the upper reaches of this river were the Xiling City they were going to.

He turned around and solemnly ordered, "Have a good rest tonight, head out at full speed tomorrow morning, and be sure to reach Xiling City before dusk!" ”

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Ruan Mingyu was in the roadside tea shed, and poured two bowls of herbal tea before he felt relieved. Ruan Shu was fanning the wind while carrying his clothes, and complained to Ruan Mo: "This weather is really evil, although it is hot in July, I have never seen it like this!" ”

Ruan Mo had an iceberg face and didn't answer him, but it could be seen in his eyes that he was also very impatient with this unusually hot weather.

Ruan Mingyu sat leaning against the tree, took out his already empty water bladder, and kicked Ruan Shu with his toes, "Go and help the master fill it." By the way, how far is it from here to Xiling. ”

The owner of the tea shed is an old man who is close to his ears, and his ear power is very good, so he raised his head when he heard the words, and responded, "The guest officer is going to Xiling." It's not far away, and if you count the horsepower footsteps, two days is enough. However, Xiao Lao'er persuaded a few people, let's take a detour recently, you can't enter the city if you go. ”

"Yo, why is that?" Ruan Shu was surprised, "Could it be that there are also bandits there?" ”

"There are no bandits," the tea boss shook his head and lowered his voice, "There is a plague there!" ”

Ruan Shu exclaimed, and Ruan Mingyu suddenly sat up straight.

The tea boss refilled Ruan Mingyu's water bladder with herbal tea, and said: "Thanks to the decisive action of General Zhenyuan sent by the imperial court, he ordered the implementation of restricted entry and exit management on the second day after arriving in Xiling. Otherwise, I'm afraid that the surrounding counties and towns will also be affected......"

A moment later, the three horses galloped away like arrows towards Xiling. Ruan Mingyu kept beating the horse, so anxious that he couldn't wait to fly over with his armpit wings.

He thought to himself, when the girl was by his side before, why didn't he find out that her luck was so bad, so he got out of the bandit den and entered the epidemic area again! Looks like you're still going to have to cover her yourself!

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Ruan Mingyu and they arrived outside Xiling City two days later, but as the tea boss said, the entire Xiling City implements strict entry and exit management: no entry or exit is allowed without a military order!

Ruan Shu tried his best to get close to the defenders of the city gate, but only inquired that General Chu's team had entered the city, and now the situation in the city was grim, and General Chu ordered that the epidemic would not be eliminated for a day, and the ban would not be solved for a day.

Ruan Shu came back dejectedly to report, "At first, the weather was too hot, and a few pigs raised by the butchers in the city died of fever, and the plague man didn't take it seriously and didn't bother to deal with it, so he threw it directly into the river behind the house. After a few days, many people in the city vomited and diarrhea, and the fever did not go away and festered and red rashes, only to realize that something was wrong, and all the people in the butcher's family were infected with the disease, and soon died. ”

"What's going on in the city now?" Ruan Mingyu's face was as cold as water.

Ruan Shu snorted: "People near the river, the epidemic is particularly serious. Other Places...... It's not clear. ”

"Where's the barracks?" Ruan Minh Yu came back to his senses when he asked, the military camp has always paid attention to the confidentiality of information, and the defenders of the city will not easily reveal it.

He waved his hand irritably, pacing repeatedly not far from the city gate.

Ruan Shu saw that his young master's lips were chapped and peeled, and said anxiously, "Young master, let's think slowly, if you are in a hurry, who should this be?" It's not convenient to grab medicine and boil medicine in this field. ”

Ruan Mingyu stopped suddenly, turned to stare at him and said, "What did you say?" ”

Ruan Shu was startled, and hurriedly waved his hand and sneered, "Young Master is angry, the little one is not cursing you." ”

Ruan Mingyu's eyebrows flew, he strode over, stretched out his hand and hit Ruan Shu's shoulder with a hammer, laughing, "You're right, young master, I have a way!" ”

beckoned Ruan Shu and Ruan Mo to get on the horse and gallop towards the neighboring county.

Two days later, Ruan Mingyu and the three of them came to the gate of Xiling City with three carts full of medicinal materials.

"We're here to deliver medicine!"

Ruan Mingyu dressed up as a pharmacy man, and negotiated with the soldiers guarding the city with confidence, "The city has run out of more pharmacies, and our shopkeeper is anxious when he hears about this." I collected these medicinal materials and donated them to the pharmacy in the city, and asked us to send them to the city in person. ”

The generals defending the city were also in a dilemma. It is a fact that there is a shortage of medicinal materials in the city, but the general's ban does not dare to violate it.

I had to persuade: "It's for your good not to let you go in." Once you enter the city, you are not allowed to leave the city until the epidemic ends. This is a real city of sorrow. ”

Ruan Shu said with a bitter face on the side: "We don't want to, isn't this an order from the master, so we have to do it." He glanced at Ruan Mingyu cautiously, and hurriedly said to the guard with a smile: "You can make it convenient." ”

The guard general couldn't, so he had to report to his boss, and finally let him go after getting permission, and earnestly advised, "You can think about it, you can't get out for a while, if you don't pay attention to it, it's not worth it to have three long and two short!" ”

Ruan Mingyu suddenly turned to Ruan Shu and Ruan Mo and said, "I'll send the medicine in, and the two of you will go to the surrounding cities and counties to collect medicinal materials, and send them to the gate of this city in three days." ”

The faces of the two little guys changed. Ruan Shu hurriedly said: "Hey, young master, I ......"

Ruan Mo didn't wait for him to finish, and took a step forward, "I'll go into the city, and Ruan Shu will collect medicinal herbs." ”

Ruan Shu was even more anxious, and he didn't dare to make trouble with the young master, so he had to pull Ruan Mo's sleeve and said angrily: "What do you mean, brother, am I a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death?" Why do you leave me alone! ”

Ruan Mingyu smiled and patted Ruan Shu's shoulder, "I don't mean that," he said in a low voice, "To get through the barracks, where are the three truckloads of medicinal herbs." You can help me more when you're out there. Give me a good look. ”

He winked at them and drove with the sergeant into the city gate.

The two little guys watched the young master disappear into the city by the door, and it took a while to come back to his senses. Ruan Shu looked at Ruan Mo with a sad face, "What now?" ”

Ruan Mo turned around and walked out, and said with a plush of words: "Collect the medicine." ”

"Wait for me!" Ruan Shu hurriedly strode to follow.

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After entering the city, Ruan Minh Yu knew why the guards repeatedly blocked them and prevented them from entering the city. The situation in the city was much worse than he had imagined.

Xiling City is a large border town, and it is usually as prosperous and lively as an inland commercial town. It's just that now Ruan Mingyu walked through the streets, but saw that the city was depressed.

Seven or eight out of ten stores are closed, and the few that are open are also bleak and waiting to be killed. From time to time, I passed by the house where the courtyard door was closed, and a huge circle was painted on the wall with red paint, and a blood-red cross was made in the center. It was the courtyard where the whole family was destroyed.

Someone wrapped his mouth and nose with a cloth towel in front of him, pulling a wooden cart over, and a brass bell hung on the handlebar, making a swaying sound with his footsteps. The guards leading the way hurriedly asked the carriage to pull over and give way, while raising his sleeves to cover his mouth and nose.

Ruan Mingyu was busy covering his mouth and nose. He looked at the several human figures swept by grass on the wooden cart, and when the cart swayed, a withered and spotted arm was exposed under the straw mat, and his heart was clear for a long time.

Waiting for the wooden cart to pass, Ruan Mingyu opened his mouth and asked, "These people who died in the plague...... What will be done? ”

The guard general replied: "There are people in the army who go to collect the funeral, and General Chu has set up a place in the northwest suburbs for incineration. He pointed to a courtyard with a blood-red mark on the wall, "This kind of courtyard, which is no longer in the house, is also sprinkled with lime all over the courtyard house, and it is thoroughly disinfected before people are allowed to enter." ”

"What about those who are sick?"

"The patients were all sent to the nursing home in the southwest corner, where doctors were treated day and night. Every day, medicine is boiled in a cauldron in front of the official office, and distributed to the patient's family for free, which has been prevented. ”

Ruan Mingyu listened to this well-regulated measure, and nodded secretly, "General Chu? But Zhenyuan General Chu Tiankuo? Is he taking over Xiling City now? ”

"It's General Zhenyuan." Speaking of Chu Tiankuo, the guard general showed joy, "It was the mishandling of the original officials in the city that caused the epidemic to spread so widely. After General Chu came, he punished and detained all the officials and masters who had eaten vegetarian meals, and sent troops to vigorously control and prevent the epidemic, so as to ensure that this Xiling City did not become a dead city. ”

The guard general's eyebrows fluttered and he praised it, and then he remembered to ask, "Childe, where are you going to send these medicinal materials?" ”

"Send it to General Chu's barracks." Ruan Mingyu grinned.