Early the next morning, the news of the unfortunate death of the old city lord spread throughout Mucheng.

White curtains had been hung in the city lord's mansion early, and the inside and outside of the mansion were white.

But the people of Mucheng are not surprised, they all know that the old city lord is already seventy or eighty, disabled, and seriously ill, and it is normal for news of death to come at any time.

So there was no reaction from the people, and they still lived normally.

And Doctor Du was busy, after all, he was an official in the same dynasty as the old city lord, and as a colleague, he should go to worship.

The coffin was bought early in the morning by Dr. Du, and there were also dark coins, fake Taoist priests who were invited to do white things, and so on.

The original group of servants in the City Lord's Mansion could be said to be crying movingly, which made Doctor Du feel extremely uncomfortable in the middle.

It's not to cry with them, and it's not to cry either.

I simply ran out and distracted myself.

At this time, Zhou Hu ran over and said to Doctor Du, "My lord, I didn't find it." ”

"The whole house is looking for it?"

"Yes, I was only three feet away from digging into the ground, and I didn't even see the shadow of the seal or paperwork. ”

Doctor Du touched his chin and said, "You go in and call Steward Zhu out." ”

After a while, Steward Zhu walked out of the ancestral hall.

"My lord, what's the point of finding the little one?"

Doctor Du got straight to the point and said, "Do you know where the old city lord's seal and documents are placed?"

"This.... I don't know if it's a little one. Steward Zhu shook his head suspiciously.

"I don't know, doesn't the old city lord usually need to seal his chapters and official documents?"

"Back... Back to my lord, he hasn't held a pen for four years, let alone written any music and official documents. ”

Doctor Du was speechless for a while after hearing this, he hadn't taken care of Mucheng's affairs for four years?

"And .....," Steward Zhu said again, "Mucheng thieves are rampant, and things have been lost in the mansion for a long time, and the two stone lions in front of the door were also picked up by thieves, as well as the stone carvings in the mansion, valuable famous trees, money, etc., have been patronized." ”

"Okay, okay, Steward Zhu, go in. ”

Doctor Du almost didn't get angry, and he really wanted to slap him.

"My lord, what should I do? Is it really as he said, stolen by thieves?" Zhou Hu asked.

"It's been four years, and the devil knows where it went,. Doctor Du scolded.

Doctor Du really didn't expect the stalls here to be like this.

"Wait a minute, I'll write a letter, and let it remake a batch of Mucheng's official seals and documents. ”

"It can take more than a week to come and go. ”

“...... In this way, if you ask someone to hand over the letter to Brother Song, he will be in charge of the country's finances, and he will come forward, and the time will be much faster. ”

"Okay, I see. ”

Without further ado, Doctor Du immediately went back to the room and wrote a letter, and Zhou Hu sent two people to rush to the capital as soon as possible.

After doing this, the work on Doctor Du's hands was loosened, after all, without the seal of the city lord, it was troublesome to do anything.

For example, if you write an order to the county or city under the city, without a seal, the county order will not listen to you at all, and will only think that it is a fake order.

There is also a letter to report the situation to the imperial court, but there is no seal, and it will not be transmitted to the capital.

This time it was in the name of Brother Song Tiande, otherwise things would be more troublesome.

Doctor Du was idle, but Zhou Hu was busy.

He said that the entire city lord's mansion would be made like an iron bucket, and it would be impossible for a thief to come in and patronize it.

Of course, the funds were provided by Dr. Du.

For example, buying building materials, stone carvings, weapons, bows and crossbows, etc.

It cost Du Yi a lot of silver, and the city lord's mansion was so poor that the taxes were only enough to eat on weekdays.

Fortunately, I made a sum of money from Jiang Wenwen before, otherwise Dr. Du would have to worry about money.

This day was calm, but the ancestral hall was making trouble at night, and Doctor Du had no intention of caring about it.

Just wait for the old city lord to be buried in the coffin after three days, and then arrange the relevant matters, and everything will be on the track.

Dr. Du thought about this in bed and slowly fell asleep.

And this night, he did not sleep very peacefully, perhaps because of the noise in the ancestral hall not far away, or perhaps because of the enemies in the shadows that made him fearful.

Anyway, he didn't sleep well all night.

Until I don't know how long later, I dimly heard a squeak, and then I felt someone calling him.

"My lord, my lord, it's not good. ”

Doctor Du opened the eyelids of the sleepy-eyed orangutan, and in front of him was the little finger.

"What's the matter? It's not dawn yet. Doctor Du pushed away his little finger and turned around to cover his head with the quilt.

"Your Excellency. Littlefinger seemed anxious, and she said, "There's a messenger from outside, and he says there's an outbreak of plague in a county town." ”

"What!" Doctor Du turned around and got up.

"Really?" said Du Yi put on his clothes.

"Of course it's true, General Zhou asked me to call you. ”

Doctor Du hurriedly got dressed, didn't wash up, and ran to the front hall.

In the front hall, Zhou Hu was already standing inside, and there was another person inside, presumably the one who reported the news.

"What's going on?" asked Doctor Du as he came in.

"This is the newly appointed Du City Lord, you tell him everything about it. Zhou Hu pointed to Doctor Du who came in and said.

"Good City Lord Du, Lord Du is auspicious. The man opened his mouth and knelt down.

Doctor Du went up and immediately helped him up, saying, "The plague incident is not trivial, report it quickly." ”

"My lord, it's Huaxiu Town, there are a lot of dead people there, and the whole town is full of dead people. ”

"What!?" Doctor Du was very impressed.

The whole town, all dead people?!

"By the way, my lord, this is what the person who discovered the plague asked me to give it to you. The man pulled a piece of cloth from his cuff.

The cloth was written with words written on it, and it was very sloppy.

The city lord is above, and the villain Chen Meng accidentally discovers that there is a sudden plague in Huaxiu Town, and the condition has become so serious that it is uncontrollable, the corpses of the heavy ones have decomposed, and the light ones are still alive, but there is no cure.

I also asked the city lord to send someone to Huaxiu to control the epidemic as soon as possible.

As soon as Doctor Du saw it, he exclaimed, "It's Teacher Chen!"

Then the more he looked at it, the more solemn his face became, and when he hadn't finished reading it, he said loudly and urgently.

"Zhou Hu, lead the troops and immediately set off for Huaxiu Town. ”

"Remember, let the soldiers wear masks and gloves, you can't let them get infected. ”

Doctor Du admonished.

Zhou Hu nodded, and in less than ten minutes, there were eighty-seven soldiers outside the mansion.

Except for the seriously wounded soldiers, the others are here.

Doctor Du didn't say any nonsense, the plague couldn't be delayed for a while, and the eighty-seven soldiers, Doctor Du and Zhou Hu, immediately headed for Huaxiu Town.

Huaxiu Town is located in the west direction of Mucheng and is a small village and town built in the mountains and forests.

said that it was small, but it was relative to Mu Cheng.

More than 800 people live in Huaxiu Town, where the people make a living by weaving cloth and selling incense.

The source of spices in the Yongshang Chamber of Commerce comes from Huaxiu Town.

Mucheng was about a day's journey from Huaxiu Town, and they arrived at one o'clock in the afternoon on Du Yi's fast horse.

Although Doctor Du imagined the plague serious enough, when he entered Huaxiu Town, he found that this place was hell on earth!

"Lock it down!" Doctor Du ordered.

The soldiers took ropes, tied them to the stone piers on the left and right, connected them in a line, and hung their shields on the ropes to form a simple line of defense.

And Du Yi was stunned, he meant to let the soldiers form a group and watch the gate of Huaxiu Town.

I didn't expect to really create a long shield wall.

Looking at the skillful techniques of the soldiers, it seems that this is not the first time that they have engaged in such routines.

However, Dr. Du's attention center is obviously not here.

He prepared his gloves and face towel and said, "Zhou Hu, you take twenty people to go in with me, and the rest of you are here to stay." ”

Twenty people wore gloves and masks in unison, but Zhou Hu did not move.

"Don't you need it?" asked Doctor Du.

"Well, the plague doesn't affect me yet. ”

"Tsk, cultivators are powerful. Doctor Du pouted, covered his mouth and nose and went in.

Corpses could be seen everywhere on the streets of Huaxiu Town, most of them were decomposed, and the strong smell of corpses wafted in the air, and the smell made Du Yizhi frown.

The faces of the twenty soldiers also changed slightly.

"Disperse, find the survivors, and carry them to the gates. Doctor Du turned around and said.

Then twenty soldiers dispersed in different directions.

Du Yi and Zhou Hu walked forward, passing by a corpse, Du Yi squatted down and observed.

"He estimated that he had been dead for about three days, why didn't we hear anything in three days?" Doctor Du frowned.

This is the biggest question in Du Yi's heart, unless the more than 800 people in the entire Huaxiu Town are all fools, otherwise there is no reason why such a thing should not be reported.

"Maybe it's too sudden for no one to notice?" Zhou Hu said in a puzzled tone.

Doctor Du shook his head and said, "I originally thought the same as you, but look at this situation. ”

Doctor Du pointed to this large street, on which there were many lives lying horizontally.

"Dead on the road, hasn't anyone noticed yet?"

Zhou Hu also frowned, as if he thought of something, but he didn't dare to say it.

And Doctor Du paused and spoke boldly.

"Unless they were imprisoned, none of the eight hundred would go out to tell the news, and they would die alive in the plague. ”

"Is it possible?" Zhou Hu couldn't help but his eyelids jumped.

Doctor Du sighed, his face was extremely solemn, and said, "Maybe I guessed wrong." ”

"Your Excellency, there's someone up ahead. Zhou Hu said suddenly.

"Were you sent by the lord of the city, thank God, you're finally here!"

Doctor Du looked at it and said with great joy, "Teacher Chen, it's really you!"

In front of him came an old man, staggering, with a little girl on his back bent over.

"Doctor Du, why are you here?" the old man's tone was full of surprise.

"Great, come and see this little girl. The old man quickly ran over and put the little daughter on his back in front of Doctor Du.

The little girl was pale and sweaty, but she was still breathing.

Doctor Du didn't talk nonsense, and when he saw that someone was saved, he immediately took his pulse.

"The condition is not too serious, and there is still help. ”

The old man breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I am relieved to hear you say this." ”

"The conditions here are limited, Mr. Chen, let's go out. Doctor Du picked up the little girl and said.

"But there are still a lot of people in there," the old man looked anxious on his face.

"You don't have to worry, my soldiers have already gone in and will save the people who are still alive. Zhou Hu added.

"Thank you, could it be that you are the city lord of Mucheng?" the old man thanked him first, and then guessed this unreliable answer.

Indeed, Zhou Hu was already tall and handsome, and the momentum of the cultivator himself was not ordinary, so it was easy to regard him as a superior.

"Ahem, I'm not, the one next to me is. Zhou Hu was inevitably a little embarrassed.