Jiangzhou is located in the southeast of Tianyu, is the place where the river center runs, there are many people who come and go to do business, it is an important commercial town, people circulate Qu, the mountains and forests are verdant, the stream is blue, there are birds chirping from time to time, the scenery is not bad. It's just that many people are sick these days, and the whole Jiangzhou is filled with sadness and fear.

"When will Zhengqing arrive?" I turned my head and asked Zong Zheng beside me, as the Imperial Doctor, it was naturally impossible for him not to come.

"Ruo'er!"

Before the words fell, I heard a familiar voice in my ears, looking back, Zhengqing stood there awkwardly, his eyes were full of lost surprise, but a little panicked, obviously a little embarrassed by the sudden call of my girlfriend name, he immediately changed the topic: "General Mu! ”

Zongzheng saw that the emperor was different from me, and at this moment, seeing that I and Zhengqing were old friends, he took two steps back and waited aside.

My eyes were full of surprise, I took a few steps to greet him and patted him on the shoulder: "Zhengqing, you are here!" ”

He sighed softly: "I have been frightened these days, I got the emperor's will, I heard that you are coming, I hurried over, because the escort of medicinal materials, the foot will not be too fast, I will arrive first, a large number of medicinal materials should be able to arrive tomorrow night." He couldn't hide his joy and looked me up and down: "Fortunately, there is nothing missing, it's not just me during this time, Master Su has been tossing and turning all day long, and he has lost a lot of weight, if you don't come to some news, do you know how worried he is?!" ”。

A pain in my heart, how could I not know my brother's worries, but on the battlefield, the situation is changing rapidly, how dare I say more, plainly let him worry, I didn't expect that my self-righteous thoughts made my brother more worried! I sighed, "It's me who is confused!" ”

"Master Su knew that you had come to Jiangzhou, and handed over a piece of music to the emperor, and wanted to come to Jiangzhou to accompany you, but the emperor was afraid that you would be worried, so he rejected it." He sighed, hesitated for a long time, and then said intermittently: "Actually, the emperor is really good to you, that day Haoyu Ming said wildly, take you for the thirteen states in the clouds, the ministers were in an uproar, everyone had different opinions, the emperor dismissed it, and immediately led the troops to drive the expedition in person, although he did many things to hurt you in the past, but after all, ......"

I saw that he was gushing, and interrupted, "How could I not know this, but! I thought about it, and then I felt the need to explain: "Forget it! Do not say! Now is not the time to talk about this, the epidemic is urgent, we can't wait, let's go first, you find a few people to distribute all the things I brought, those who don't have protective clothing can not enter, set up camp tents outside, if there are people who do not listen to the dispatch and enter the ancestral hall without permission, take care of them immediately, no one in the ancestral hall is allowed to be released, if there is disobedience to the management, military law will deal with it! I commanded in a deep voice.

"Good!" He whispered yes.

I nodded and put on my hazmat suit.

"What are you doing here?!" Seeing me putting protective clothing on my body, Zhengqing was shocked, immediately turned over and dismounted, and walked to my side.

"What else can you do when you change your clothes?" I glanced at him, but didn't stop.

"There is an imperial doctor here in the Imperial Doctor's Department, just let them in, in case ......something happens to you," Zhengqing said urgently. Zong Zheng and Jiangzhou City Guard Sima Zhu also hurried over, Ling Haoxuan's warning before leaving was still fresh in his memory, if something happened to me, it would inevitably involve his net worth and life, how dare he let me act recklessly.

"If they could see something, they wouldn't be helpless for so many days, if you don't want to go in, stay here, I'll come out in a while!" Where do I have time to delay him?

"No, you stay outside, I'll go in, you wait, wait until I find out the situation, and then we'll think about it in the long run!" He refused to budge, grabbed my clothes, and said urgently.

Seeing Zhengqing so stubborn, I could only stop what I was doing and said: "I know what you're worried about, but I suspect that this is not a simple epidemic, this season is the most prone to plague, once it really spreads, it's not just a Jiangzhou city, I've done a good job of protection, there will never be any accidents, as long as the symptoms are determined, I can come up with countermeasures." I looked at him seriously, "Now that there is no time to wait, thousands of lives are inside, do you think I can wait outside with peace of mind?" ”

He finally broke down, turned around and picked up a piece of clothing, and said, "In that case, then let's go in together!" As he spoke, he put on his clothes.

I glanced at him, did not object, and ordered: "Lord Sima must remember, and most importantly, he must cut off Jiangzhou City's connection with the outside world, and no one is allowed to enter and leave at will. ”

"General, there are sick people in the city, but there are also people who don't, are they all waiting to die together?" Sima Zhu was taken aback and said hesitantly.

I said lightly: "It can't be said that you are waiting for death." There is living water in the city, and food is also abundant, and after the closure of the city, the Imperial Medical Department will set aside a number of wards, and once the people have symptoms, they will be transferred to them for unified diagnosis and treatment. People who do not get sick should be isolated, go out as much as possible, and be careful to protect ......"

Sima Zhu interjected eagerly and asked, "So that you won't be infected with the epidemic?" ”

I stared at him: "It is impossible to survive such a thing as an epidemic, but it is better than running away in a panic, which can not only be untreated, but also may cause other dangers." People who are infected with the epidemic do not have immediate signs, whether they are really fine, or whether they have not had a seizure for a short period of time, no matter how good the doctor is, they can't tell the ......."

"However, once the city is closed, there are always many people who are fine, but they are trapped in it because the city is closed and cannot escape, right?"

The controversy here has attracted the attention of many people, and at this moment, many Jiangzhou officials have not taken care of the courtesy, and they all gathered around us and nodded in agreement, even those who have never objected, their expressions are a little hesitant.

"When it is extraordinary, there should be extraordinary courage." He Zhengqing's cold voice suppressed a whisper, "Although the closure of the four gates is the risk of the whole city going to the disaster, but if the epidemic is allowed to scatter and the whole country is in danger, what good will it do to save the people in the city?" ”

He stood on one side, with soldiers guarding beside him, and Sima Zhu, the guard of Jiangzhou City, realized something when he heard him speak, and many people's faces turned a little dark.

"Lord Ho!" Sima Zhu looked at him with a stiff expression, and then looked at me, "Is this a negotiation, or an order?" ”

He Zhengqing looked back at him with sharp eyes, "You are all the pillars of the court, the food of the king, the matter of loyalty to the king, the more critical the time, the more you should set an example for the people." ”

As soon as these words came out, it was as if he was frozen, and only the sound of heavy breathing fluctuated. It took Sima Zhu and the others a long time to come to their senses, and a few people rushed forward a few steps, as if they were still arguing.

However, He Zhengqing did not give them a chance to object, he moved two steps to the side, just in front of the ministers, and his tone was firm, "The ban on the closure of the city has been issued, if the courtiers dare to flee with their relatives and cause civil unrest, they should be killed immediately!" ”

Under the bloody afterglow of the remnant sun, the heavy city gates of Jiangzhou slowly closed.

Hearing the sound of the wind, the civilians in the city carried the soft packages on their backs, helped the old and the young, and rushed to the city gate one by one, and the scene was chaotic, and the sound of crying and shouting was everywhere.

"I heard that Liuzhou was closed at that time, and all the people inside died! Everyone's running for your life! ”

"Yes! Let us out! ”

"Open the door! Open the gates! ”

"I'm not sick, let me out!"

"Please, I don't want to die!"

The defenders of the city were densely lined up as human walls to block the main road, the tips of their guns were forward, the flow of people was temporarily blocked in the city gates, the people kept clamoring and shouting, and some even tried to force the attack with wooden planks, sticks and other objects.

Two columns of cavalry rushed out from the side of the city wall, and the horses' hooves kicked up dust, and the whip sounded, barely blocking the rush. The cavalry lined up to isolate the flow of people, and He Zhengqing stood at the front of the team and shouted: "Don't make any noise!" Listen to me! ”

Taking advantage of the momentary silence, He Zhengqing stood up, arched his hands in all directions, and raised his voice: "Fathers and elders, although the epidemic in Jiangzhou is a great disaster, there is no need to be too alarmed. He pointed to Zongzheng on the side, "The imperial physician Ling Zong is here, the lower official is the head of the household, Jiangzhou is an important city, it has the protection of heaven, the emperor's favor, and the court is willing to work with you to secure the destiny of heaven!" ”

Zhengqing's identity as the head of the household did play a great role, for the people, there was such a high official to go to life and death with him, and his humble life seemed to be protected, and in an instant, the crowd surging below involuntarily calmed down a little.

"There is me here, General Mu and Master Zong, I have worked hard!" Taking advantage of the calm of this moment, he looked back at us with a determined gaze.

"Yes!" Zong Zheng said with a solemn face.

When everything was ready, I walked into the infected village, Ren Yuming took a few soldiers to carry things and walked behind, and the soldiers who were originally full of fear of the plague settled down because we walked in front. As soon as I entered the village, I heard the constant moaning in my ears, the streets were empty, the villagers who had not yet become ill were scattered in their homes, and the villagers who had already become ill were gathered in the ancestral hall in the center of the village.

Without hesitation, I divided the soldiers who followed me into four people, and went from house to house in pairs to deliver my carefully concocted disinfectant to kill the airborne virus. took the rest of the people and walked directly to the ancestral hall. However, before they reached the ancestral hall, they had already heard a heart-rending cry, and then several villagers carried a simple stretcher, on which a collar of coarse linen and white slips hung down, covering the distorted faces of the sick and deceased with blood.

I couldn't bear to look at it directly, so I walked a few steps briskly and walked into the ancestral hall, which was not big, seven or eight feet square, and nearly 100 patients were lying on simple beds made of wooden planks. The floor was also covered with mats, and all the sick people were lying weakly and moaning. Perhaps because the doors and windows are closed, the sunlight does not shine in, making the whole ancestral hall look eerie, and the sound of crying and moaning is mixed together, like a hell on earth.

I sighed slightly, ordered Ren Yuming to open the doors and windows, and arranged for another soldier to spill the disinfectant on the ground. onclick="hui"