Chapter 128: Outbreak of the Plague
The news that Baili Yunzheng could not return to Beijing naturally spread throughout the court, and everyone was speculating about what the emperor meant.
The second prince is naturally as anxious as Baili Yunzheng, after all, this person who doesn't need to be stationed anymore has been placed in the northeast and can't come back.
So walking back and forth in the study, the second prince, who was very anxious, decided to write a letter to Baili Yunzheng.
Wrote all the recent situation in Beijing on the letter, and also mentioned a sentence of speculation about the emperor's decision-making in the court, and the second prince thought about it carefully and added a sentence to it, asking Li Chuxia Ann.
Then the letter was sent directly to a messenger who delivered the letter, and asked him to send it to Baili Yunzheng's side in a hurry.
After the second prince saw that the messenger had galloped outside the imperial city on horseback, he returned to his prince's mansion with confidence.
However, when the messenger had just ridden to the outskirts of the capital, he was suddenly shot through the neck by an arrow that broke through the air, and blood splattered everywhere, and the horse under Jing's body jumped backwards.
The slain messenger fell to the ground, and the horse fled in all directions.
At this moment, a man in black with a hat suddenly came out in the night, the long string of the bow and arrow in his hand was still beating slightly, and he walked coldly to the dead man who fell to the ground, and took out a blood-stained letter from the bosom of the messenger on the ground.
After getting it, he flew away from this forest, and the person who received this letter immediately was naturally the prince of the East Palace.
After the prince showed the letter, he looked at the handwriting on it, and after confirming that it was the second prince, he carefully read the content of the letter.
"Since you are in such a hurry to send the information to Baili Yunzheng, dare you say that it is not a party for personal gain?"
After the prince put the letter on the desk, if the second prince wants to send the news, he is naturally not afraid of being known by others.
After secretly entering the palace with this letter, the crown prince went to greet the emperor who was still in the study.
"Father, Emperor Wan'an." The prince knelt on the ground and looked respectful.
The emperor was originally correcting the folds, and it was very gratifying to see the person in front of him so obedient.
"Hmm."
The personal eunuch standing next to him was very discerning, and brought a stool for the prince to sit down.
At this time, the prince did not sit directly on the stool, but took out the letter in his arms and put it on the edge of the emperor's desk.
"Father, this letter is about to be sent to the Northeast by the second prince." The prince spoke very slowly, and then paused again before continuing: "The son feels that the content of this letter needs to be read by the emperor. ”
"What's that?" The emperor moved his eyes to the letter next to him at this time, slowly took the letter with his hand, and after opening it, he saw the letter.
Although it was stained with a little blood, it didn't affect the reading, and this new self was definitely his second prince.
"Father, the second prince has always had a close relationship with Baili Yunzheng, and has already coveted the position of the crown prince, but this is all a matter between brothers, and he has not told his father, but now the content on this paper is all to inform the affairs in the capital, and if Baili Yunzheng, who holds the military power, really wants to help the second prince to ascend to the throne in a hurry, it will endanger the Jiangshan Sheji."
After the prince said these words, he quietly lowered his head and looked at the emperor with his eyes, and found that his father's face had already become ugly, so he lowered his head and hooked the corners of his mouth.
"Presumptuous!"
After reading the letter, the emperor directly slapped the letter in his hand on the table, and looked at the prince kneeling on the ground with an ugly face.
The palace maid and eunuch who were originally standing next to her also knelt down in the whole palace at this time, and they didn't even dare to breathe together.
The hand on the table gradually tightened, he didn't expect that his second son would be so bold and have a good relationship with Baili Yunzheng, and now he was sent to the northeast to suppress the disaster, and the second prince couldn't help but want to report the situation in the capital.
In this way, if the second prince usurps the throne or directly kills the king, then his position will be in jeopardy.
Originally, the Baili family had the heart to move, and now there are two princes forming a party together, so I am afraid that the throne of the Yong Dynasty will change hands in the future.
As the lord of the world, he naturally knows his position, and there are many people who covet it, but the emperor also knows that his biggest opponent in this world is naturally Baili Yunzheng.
Even if Baili Yunzheng wants to support the second prince as the emperor, I am afraid that he will not have a good time in the future.
The atmosphere in the whole palace was very gloomy, and everyone was bowing their heads, afraid of the wrath of the monarch above ten thousand people.
And although the prince lowered his head at this time, the corners of his mouth were smiling, as long as the emperor's suspicious character became suspicious of Baili Yunzheng, it would be right sooner or later, Baili Yunzheng would do it.
And if you do something to Baili Yunzheng, it will naturally weaken one of the second prince's right-hand men, and the second prince will definitely not be able to become a climate in the future.
However, at this time, there are many people in the Northeast who are frequently sick.
Early in the morning, Li Chuxia received some complaints from others, saying that there were people around him who were infected with diseases, and it seemed that some people were infected.
"Trouble girl, go and take a look, that person is convulsing like a sheep epilepsy at this moment, and his face is yellow and thin, and he can't speak much." A rich man came over in embarrassment at this time and asked for Li Chuxia's help.
Li Chuxia decided to hurry up and take a look, but when he went, he also brought a nearby doctor, after all, there is no way to cure such a thing as a disease, but if there is a doctor, it will be easy to solve.
The doctor was dragged all the way by Li Chuxia to a nearby alley, where a person was lying on the ground and had passed out.
Li Chuxia looked at the person's pale face, sluggishness, and closed eyes, if it weren't for the slight breathing, I am afraid that this person would have thought that this person was dead.
"How's the doctor?" Li Chuxia watched the doctor check left and right, broke his eyelids and looked at the tongue coating, and remained silent and did not speak.
After the doctor looked at the whole, he spoke to Li Chuxia with a worried face: "The girl quickly found someone to isolate this person, this person is suffering from the plague!" ”
"Huh? Pestilence! A woman who had been in front of her quickly took a few steps back to the side, looking at the person lying on the ground with a surprised face.
Li Chuxia also involuntarily took two steps back at this time, after all, the plague is a thing that cannot be cured in this era, and even if it can be treated, it will kill and injure a large number of people before it can be stopped.
"Doctor, is there any medicine that can be disinfected, please give me a little, I'll have someone cook it and spray it here." Li Chuxia only took a few steps back, but he still knew that if this place was not disinfected, it would soon infect many people.
The doctor nodded quickly, took the prescription to Li Chuxia, and then retreated a few steps to the side, to write other prescriptions, wanting to treat the man who had fallen to the ground and was already suffering from the plague.
When Li Chuxia returned to the operation, he was about to tell Baili Yunzheng about the plague, and seeing that Baili Yunzheng in front of him had already received many people who had aroused the plague.
"How is this good, I don't know how to cure this plague......" Li Chuxia turned his head to look at Baili Yunzheng at this time, and there was a soldier next to him who was still reporting the situation, and his face was also full of anxiety at this time.
Baili Yunzheng was silent, and after thinking for a while, he gave an order to the people around him.
"And all men took clothes to cover their faces, and cloths to cover their hands, and then went to the plague places, and isolated those who were already sick."
After receiving the order, the surrounding people hurried to the ward to isolate those who were sick according to Baili Yunzheng's statement.
"If this plague breaks out, I heard that many people will die......" Li Chuxia looked at Baili Yunzheng in front of him with a worried face.
And Baili Yunzheng nodded and didn't speak, but he was thinking about this plague, it was too strange to make trouble, if the marriage had stopped, then this disease should not appear, but now that the plague has sudden, it is too late to think about this, so he can only hurry to the place where the incident happened.
Li Chuxia, on the other hand, was in the barracks alone with those who were not yet sick to boil disinfectant potion, hoping to spray more on the street when the time came.
Coming to the ward to isolate those patients, Baili Yunzheng stood on the high ground next to him and looked at these, giving birth to people who were sick and dying, but they were very sad in their hearts.
And a person who was about to be dragged to the quarantine area was still in some spirits, looking at Baili Yunzheng's face, he cursed very resentfully.
"I'll just take a look at it again, I won't get the plague! You, the general, are really unkind and unrighteous when you see death! Isolate people and you think you're going to be fine! ”
The expressionless Baili Yunzheng looked at the person who was still scolding him, but turned around and cast a look at a soldier next to him, and the person immediately dragged this person to the quarantine area together.
If we don't isolate people now, I'm afraid that the plague will spread in the future, and there will be countless deaths and injuries.
Once the plague spreads, it is very difficult to stop, and in the past two days, hundreds of people have been infected with the plague, which is very terrifying, there are few people on the whole street, and everyone is afraid of being infected.
Baili Yunzheng had already heard that night that he hoped that the emperor would send someone to support, but the flying pigeon came back and received news that he would send someone over, but after waiting for five or six days, the rescue did not arrive.
Because Li Chuxia still knows some ways to make masks, he has now made a large number of masks and distributed them to the soldiers to isolate the germs in the air.
Because there is really little help he can help, Li Chuxia is busy doing all kinds of disinfection things every day, and he is indeed anxious about when the plague will be controlled.
The scene in the quarantine area was even more terrifying than when there was a famine, everyone looked listless and yellow and thin at this time, and some people were even coughing up blood.