The crowd looked at her with eager eyes, and chased her all the way until they stopped under the palace walls of the royal court.

"Wow, Master, is this the Imperial Palace?"

Miao Miao and Amu were riding on the same horse, after Amu got off the horse, she picked him off the horse, she couldn't wait to climb into the carriage of Lizhan, and pulled her skirt and asked.

It's no wonder he has such delusions.

The royal court is not as big as the imperial palace in the capital, but the level of luxury is surpassed.

The red glazed tiles, the stone eagle wall of black jade, and even the gold sand in the cracks of the door are all ground from the gold of the Eight Classics, not the mica.

Lizhan is used to seeing rich mansions and princely palaces, but when he shuttles back and forth in the royal court, he still can't help but marvel in his heart.

Tut.......

Gu Fuwei is really rich!

But just look at the dress of the people in Qishui City, wearing gold and silver, there are not a few, ten fingers, nine of them are rings.

He fell in the golden hole, and the old nest was built like a dragon's nest, with a long tail, and the bottom was full of precious stones.

"Heavenly Maiden, please come with me." At the gate of the royal court, a servant over fifty years old led a group of subordinates and said to her, using a very standard official tone.

Lizhan didn't know what to call such a slave girl, she was dressed in a black gauze robe, wearing a small blue flat hat, and a curtain hung down from the back of her head, wrapped all the way around her chest, covering her neck and ears, revealing only one face.

Her expression is very serious, and the slaves and maids under her command only look at her, which can probably be regarded as a female official-level figure in the palace.

Except for Lizhan, everyone had to get off the car and dismount when they entered the royal court.

The carriage slowly moved inward, shuttling through several roads, before stopping at the foot of a gate.

"Heavenly Maiden, it's here."

Lizhan stretched out his hand, and the old servant came up to help her in a very regular manner.

Lizhan originally wanted to grab the car railing by himself, but he didn't expect to be grabbed by someone, so he didn't bother to let go.

She jumped out of the car with the kitten in her arms and saw a beautiful palace behind the courtyard.

Rockery, flowing water, small building, Tingxuan. Compared with the domed houses in the Western Regions along the way, the construction here suddenly makes people feel intimate.

Looking up, there were three beautiful golden words on the courtyard, "Ziling Palace." ”

"It's rare that there is such a place in the royal court."

"This is the palace of the first princess."

"Gu Fuwei's mother?" Surprised, he called Gu Fuwei's name and surname, which made the old slave freeze for a moment.

"Yes, the palace of the Princess. The king instructed that the Heavenly Maiden was a person from the capital, and the layout of the palace here was the closest to the Central Plains, and the Heavenly Maiden should be able to get used to it. ”

"Oh......." Lizhan touched the kitten's head, and while his heart was moved, he smiled awkwardly, "I see, thank you for your kindness." ”

"In the future, the slave will be the attendant of the celestial maiden, and the celestial maid can call the old slave 'Kangning', and the old slave will be on call."

"Yes, I'll be cared for by Corning in the future."

Lizhan was quickly settled, retreated, closed the door, and quietly slipped into the space to look at Shangguan Jinyu.

I tried some medicine for him on the way, and the acupuncture points were also cleared, but so far, he still has no reaction at all.

But every night I dream of that old monk.

The thoughts were stacked, and none of them were smooth, and when Lizhan suddenly felt a little headache, Amu ran in.

"Heavenly Maiden, the letter has arrived!"

"Faith!" Lizhan was very happy, Steward Sun finally replied to her, she couldn't wait to take the bamboo tube in Amu's hand, pry open the end and shake the letter out.

After the letter, he looked down at a glance and ten lines, and soon the letter was at the end, and his gaze was at the place where he was signed at the end for a long time without squeaking.

Qiao'er was anxious on the side, "Miss is talking, how is the capital?" Can you find the whereabouts of Huotou and Dr. Zhou?! ”

Lizhan just slowly put down the letter, and at the same time he couldn't hide the disappointment in his eyes, but there was also a hint of comfort.

"It's not a letter from the capital."

"Not Steward Sun's letter?" Qiao'er turned her head to look at Amu, "What else can that be?" ”

Lizhan took out another dried worm from the sac and threw it in front of the kitten, and the kitten staggered and pounced on it to eat.

"A letter from the prefect of Wensu. It is said that after following my method, the spread of the plague has improved. Although there is no cure for the patient, the time from onset to death is indeed prolonged. So the messenger sent this letter to express my gratitude and, more importantly, to tell me that I was doing the right thing. ”

"Alas, I thought ......." Qiao'er was going to complain, but seeing that Lizhan was also trying her best to keep a smile, she didn't say anything more.

She knows best what her master is thinking, and there is not a day when she is not looking forward to the news of the capital, lest the emperor find out the initiator of the rebellion and implicate the Lin family and King Duan.

"I'm also very happy to have a letter from Wensu. I was helpless for hundreds of miles along the way, passing through countless plague towns, but today it seems that there has been some progress. Li Zhan said, and then held his head and thought: "Amu, you go and call Kang Ning, just say that I am hungry and want to have dinner early." ”

"Yes."

In less than half an hour, Corning came.

A group of maidservants rushed in and set a table with all kinds of pastries and dishes, and most of them suited her appetite.

It's just the maids....... Anyway, they all covered their faces and were a little crazy.

It's not that it's strange for people from the Western Regions to cover their faces, but girls need to use semi-transparent scarves to cover their faces to be beautiful, but they use thick cloth to fold two or three layers and hang them behind their ears, which makes them uncomfortable to look at.

"Heavenly Maiden, please use it." Corning served her with vegetables.

It can be seen that Kang Ning has learned some Central Plains court rules in advance, but when he does it, he is a little forward-looking and not very familiar.

"Kangning doesn't have to bother, I'll just let the maid take care of me and use food."

Corning withdrew his hand and knelt to the side.

Seeing that Qiao'er was very familiar with the three chopsticks that Lizhan liked to eat, put them in a bowl, and put chicken soup for her, and put it aside to cool.

He took two bites slowly, and pretended to ask casually, "I heard that the Western Regions were divided into more than 30 small countries before, each with its own customs, and when I came, I saw a woman from the Western Regions who loved to be masked, but I had never seen such a strict mask like a maid in the royal court. Is this the custom of Qishui? Or maybe the rules of the palace? ”

During the questioning, the group of maids was expressionless, and they couldn't understand Lizhan's questioning at all, but Kangning was a little embarrassed.

"Oh, it seems that it is neither the customs of Qi Shui nor the rules of the palace."

Corning looked up at Lizhan in surprise, as if he didn't expect her to see through it at a glance.

After hesitating for a moment, he explained: "If you return to the Heavenly Maiden, this is also the only time that there has been such a rule in the past half a month, because Qi Shui has also been infected with the plague. The Governor decreed that all inferior slaves and maids, except for the slaves and maids who served their masters closely, should cover their faces with cloth. Before serving tea and pouring water, wash your hands with medicinal water. ”

"Huh?" Qiao'er covered her mouth, very surprised, after all, the capital is peaceful today, where it looks like it is infected with the plague.

"How did you get sick?"

"From the reins."

"Across a snow-capped mountain, the refugees of the Liang Kingdom actually ran here despite the danger?"

"The plague of the horse reins is very bad, and it is said that nine out of ten people have died in the city, and Liang Guo has already ordered the city to be closed, but only a small dog hole is exposed next to the east gate. Those refugees had nowhere to go, so they secretly got out of the dog hole at night and fled to Qishui. His Royal Highness sensed that something was wrong and ordered that the west gate of Qishui be sealed and no one would be allowed to enter or leave. Those refugees were crowded out until half a month ago, when there were more and more people, and they were actually tired of the human wall, and dozens of people climbed in the middle of the night. ”

"That's bad." Lizhan wrinkled his eyebrows, put down the dishes in the bowl, and drank the chicken soup handed over by Qiao'er, "His Royal Highness was not here at that time, and the soldiers guarding the city must be in trouble." Kill it, that's the common people, once the force is used, the Liang State will have an excuse to go to war. Don't kill it, the refugees ran in and infected the plague, and it was another disaster. ”

"That doesn't look like it's killed?" Qiao'er asked.

Kang Ning nodded, "It's true that I didn't kill it, and there were people in the city who were infected with the plague one after another, but fortunately, there were only about sixty people in the front and back, and they were all separated from the Great Moon Temple in the North Point to take care of them, so the Heavenly Maiden didn't have to worry." ”

Lizhan stirred the soup with a spoon, and his eyes sparkled.

Don't worry?

When the plague first began in every town, it was such an inconspicuous few cases. In the end, from near to far, from less to more, if there are more than 10 infected people, no town can escape the result of spread.

If Qi Shui really only has about sixty people, then why should the subordinates in the royal court be so strict?

Lizhan had a faint premonition in his heart, and he always felt that Qi Shui's disaster was about to start gradually.

Otherwise, why didn't Gu Fuwei stop at all when he passed by other plague towns, but rushed to Qishui in a hurry?