Ye Jing and the others walked on the streets of the imperial city, and only then did they see that the main street was not an ordinary chaos. Regardless of whether it is a large pharmacy or a small pharmacy, there is a long queue of people in front of the door to diagnose patients.

The people who were being supported were coughing non-stop, and there were also those who were carried by the door panel to see the doctor. The doctor in the pharmacy and the guy who grabbed the medicine were very busy. Except for the pharmacy, the other shops are deserted and have no business to do. There is almost no wandering on the street except for those who see a doctor.

"Young Master Jing, a few days ago, I heard that many people were sick, and the people were asked to keep quiet. I didn't expect so many people to get sick, how are you doing in the villa? The aunt of the snack shop said in a panic.

"Auntie, we have found out that there are people who are sick at the same time a few days ago. My sister and the others distributed free preventive medicines, and those who were already sick were cured in time. Now no one in the lodge is sick, if not in exceptional circumstances. My sister and they won't allow anyone in the villa to leave the village. ”

"Young Master Jing, I heard from the shopkeeper of the grocery store that your sister is the owner of the villa. Your sister must be a capable young lady. ”

"Of course, my sister is smart. The masks we wore were figured out by my sister, who said that masks could better cover the mouth and nose to keep out germs. ”

"Well, wearing a face towel will also inhale the sick air in the stomach. Hey, turn this way and the front is the yamen of the shop. ”

The street is very chaotic, and it is quite calm in front of the yamen, Ye Jing and the others came out early, and there are only two people in front of them to go through the formalities again, and it will soon be Ye Jing's turn and them.

"Made, are all the people who didn't come to the house sick? The two of us are left with breakfast yet, and the rest is waiting for us to eat. The official said impatiently.

"Uncle Guan will work hard for a while, and after completing our formalities, we will go to dinner." Ye Jing put the title deed of the shop on the table of the official errand, and a small piece of broken silver was pressed underneath to reveal a little bit. The two officials glanced at each other and immediately stopped shouting that they were hungry.

"The little master is very good at doing things, this opening is busy, but I fell ill a few more. The little young master hurried out of the city after completing the formalities, a large number of people fell ill in the city, and he was not allowed to go out or enter at any time. "The two officials quickly rewrote a title deed, and the old one was archived and the new seal was stamped. I also reminded in a whisper.

"Thank you, Uncle Guancha, for reminding us, we will go out of the city and go home as soon as we finish the formalities." Ye Jing said sweetly with a small mouth.

The name change was archived and stamped in one go, and when Ye Jing put the title deed into his arms, he was full of a sense of accomplishment in his heart. When I walked out of the yamen, I saw that the people who went through the formalities behind me had lined up, and the two officials had already gone to eat.

"Young Master Jing, why do you want to give them silver, we are not in a hurry."

"Auntie, there are so many patients on the street who are coughing and weak, and so many are being carried to see the doctor. This is a symptom of the illness of the people in our villa, and the old man in the villa said that it is not a good disease. For the past few days, you have stayed in our yard to learn from my grandmother and make pasta with filling. When this illness is over, our shop will be open. ”

"Young Master Jing, my aunt is going to buy some things, I can't go to your house empty-handed for the first time."

"Auntie, thank you. If my aunt has a heart, she will run a noodle shop in the future, and you don't have to buy anything for us. ”

When Ye Jing and the others returned to the snack shop, the door of the snack shop had already been closed. The young lady led a little boy and was waiting in the grocery store. The grocery store was also deserted without a single customer.

"Cabinet grandfather, hurry up and open the door panel, the grocery store is also closed for business these days. If you want to go back to the countryside for the Chinese New Year, go out of the city now, stay here and don't go out casually. ”

"Master, is it really a plague for people who are sick outside? During the days of martial law, some people talked about it in private, but the court did not allow the people to speak out. I didn't expect it to be so serious as soon as the ban was lifted. We're going back to the countryside for the New Year, but we have to prepare something to go back. ”

"Grandpa, be careful when you stay in the city. Auntie, let's go out of the city. ”

got into the carriage, and the aunt was still complaining about her daughter: "Why are you in such a hurry for this child?" Anyway, you have to pack a few clothes and bring them. ”

"Mother, what's the chaos on the street, how old is my brother, what if he gets sick? This disease is not a good disease, I heard my father say before that when the imperial court encounters a plague, it is a lockdown. Then the days of our orphans and widows will be even more difficult. Young Master Jing, young lady, I can cook and do laundry, and I won't eat your food in vain. ”

"Little sister, what did you say? Originally, I also went to my house to learn the craft of pasta, if it wasn't for the plague in the imperial city, I would have asked my grandmother to come to the imperial city shop to teach you. If that's the case, wouldn't my grandmother eat your food for nothing? Small pillars, and then drive the car a little faster. ”

"Young Master, when you entered the yamen to go through the formalities just now, I heard people on the street talking about the plague in the court. The imperial doctors in the palace are also studying the prescription together. ”

"I hope this plague will pass soon, and I originally wanted to start selling stuffed pasta before the Chinese New Year. I don't know if this plague will affect the opening of our shop. ”

"Young Master Jing, what is pasta with filling?" The aunt of the snack shop was asking this, and a group of officers and soldiers came on the street behind her. While running down the street, he shouted loudly.

"The Imperial City is under martial law, and people who are not sick are not allowed to go out on the streets casually. People who are already sick are not allowed to leave the pharmacy and go home. ”

"What? Why is it that the ban has just been lifted and martial law is about to be lifted, how do you live without going to the street to buy things? ”

"How can the patients stay in the pharmacy, even the medical hall doesn't have much space for them to stay."

"Everyone goes out, everyone goes out, the pharmacy is closed and no one is diagnosing."

"Don't let it be chaotic, whoever makes a loud noise in the street will be arrested in the yamen."

The riots in the streets were not over, and another group of people ran out of the palace. The sound of horses' hooves was accompanied by the shouts of the riders.

"If you can walk by yourself, go home immediately, and if you can't walk by yourself, put down ......"

"Little pillar, hurry up again." Ye Jing urged.

There was no news from the city gate, and there was still a long queue of carriages entering the city. The few people out of the city were negligible, and Ye Jing's carriage had just left the city gate. Another group of court soldiers on horseback ran towards the city gate. Before they reached the gate of the city, they struck a gong and shouted loudly.

"There is a plague in the imperial city, and the city gate will be closed immediately, and you will not be able to enter or leave." The sound of gongs and shouts reached the city gates, and the city gates were instantly in chaos. Many others followed the officers and soldiers on horseback to the city gates.

Several imperial soldiers guarding the city gate immediately drove the carriages and people blocking the city gate, preparing to close the heavy gate of the city gate. The court soldiers on horseback arrived at the city gate and took out an official document to negotiate with the city defenders. There are also young and old people who rushed out of the city, and they kept running out of the city. The officials at the gate of the city shouted loudly, and the people out of the city crowded desperately.

The court soldiers waved their whips, and finally took out their long swords, and the people at the city gate were driven away. The gates were finally shut, and shouts were heard inside and out.

Ye Jing's carriage kept running towards the villa. The situation at the gate of the city was clearly seen by several people.

"Young Master Jing, thanks to listening to your words, otherwise we would have been locked up in the imperial city and would not have been able to get out. I didn't expect you to think about things so thoughtfully at a young age. Auntie, I'm full of hope for the new shop. ”

"Mother, you won't blame me now, will you? What can be more important than life, if it weren't for those few people who didn't give money for food, Dad wouldn't have been killed in the chaotic battle. The young lady put her arms around her five or six-year-old brother and said.

Daddy, I see Daddy. The little boy had not spoken much, but then he took over and spoke.

"Son, what are you talking nonsense? The grievances of your father's death, loneliness over there will not come to you, you are the only root of our family. Boss, do you blame me for selling a snack shop..."The aunt said babblingly.

"Aunt Biscuit, you chatter in the middle of the day. I'm afraid my little brother is sick, the first few times I went to the Imperial City with the young master, he was still playing behind the two of us. The little pillar who was driving the car spoke. The aunt at the snack shop became even more panicked when she heard this.

"Son, why are you uncomfortable and tell your mother. You can't be sick, you're the root of our family. ”

"Mother, I'm tired, I'm cold."

"Little pillar, hurry up and return to the villa to ask my sister to show my little brother."

"Young Master, our horse-drawn cart is already the fastest."

Yuqing was still guarding the gate of the villa, and there was a large bucket of disinfectant water soaked in herbs at the gate of the villa. Hua Lianhua Qiao'er and a few beggar soldiers are getting ready. Ye Jing's carriage was far away from here, and he saw the open door of the village.

"Sister, the imperial city is closed, and you are not allowed to enter or leave."

"Miss, the little brother in the shop next door seems to be sick." The kung fu carriage where Ye Jing and Xiao Zhu were talking ran to the villa.

"Don't worry, come down and eliminate the poison before entering the villa. Auntie, you come over with your little brother, and the owner of the village will see if he is sick. ”

"Sister, there is chaos in the imperial city again, and many people are suffering from the plague. The grandfather and the guy in the grocery store were about to pack up some things and go back to the country, but they didn't expect the city gate to be closed. Sister, it took me half a tael of silver to ask the official to complete the transfer procedures for us, and I hurried out of the city gate..."Ye Jing watched his sister diagnose his little brother while talking about the situation in the imperial city.

"Auntie, my brother is sick, but it's not serious. This pack of small pills is taken three times a day, three times a day, and it looks almost fine after two or three days. Jing'er, you take your aunts to the Sixth Courtyard. Sister has something to do here, we'll talk about something else when we go back in the evening. ”

The carriages passing on the official road outside this Kung Fu Villa were in a hurry, and the people passing by were panicking. Yuqing looked helplessly at the people who came back from the imperial city, and sighed in his heart that there was a plague in the countryside on this side of the villa. Whether ancient or modern, home has always been a warm harbor. However, there is a world of difference between ancient and modern cognition of disease.

Yuqing and his people waited at the gate of the villa until the afternoon, and only a few of the women who went to the imperial city came back, and a large part were locked up in the imperial city.

"Miss Zhuang, we've been drenched with disinfectant water, are we already fine?" An aunt who had escaped from the imperial city asked.

"Auntie, try not to contact others when you go back. Later, the owner will go to your yard and check it out for you. Hualien to write down the information of everyone who came back. Ghost four, close the door of the villa and leave only a small door, don't forget that everyone who returns to the village must be strictly disinfected. If someone from outside comes to the village, relatives will wait for the owner of the village to diagnose before they are allowed to enter the village. Yuqing commanded solemnly.

"Wait for my old man, I've escaped from the Imperial City." The old man shouted as he ran out of breath.

"Master, have you entered the Imperial City?" Yuqing asked.

"Apprentice of the Zhuang master, I have entered the imperial city, but I have not been sick. You should disinfect it, and the master will find you something to say later. "Running to the gate of the villa, the old man couldn't breathe evenly, if it wasn't for this precious apprentice, he wouldn't have come back from the dog hole.

Until dark, the people who came out of the hole in the city wall like Lao Langzhong came back one after another. A few people who went to the countryside to buy things for the New Year have not yet returned.

"Master, those who went to the countryside and didn't come back were all women from the Third Courtyard, and those who didn't come back to the Imperial City included a few women from the Shuchu area and the side branch. Just now, Ghost Five and Ghost Six went to the official road to take a look, and the number of court soldiers patrolling the official road increased. The slave maid thought that even if they wanted to come back, it would not be easy. "Hualien has been guarding the gate of the village, and this kung fu came back to tell Yuqing.

"You hurry up to eat and rest for a while, and then go with the owner of the village to see those who come back."

"Yuqing Zhuang Master, I want to go back to the third courtyard to have a look, but none of my mother and them have come back. The rest are children, so don't you have to make a fuss at this time? Ye Xuan said worriedly.

"Then hurry back, there is nothing to do in the villa for the time being. Zhen'er, you should also go back to see your mother and them, you should be scared when you come back from the imperial city. ”

"Miss Zhuang Owner, the people who didn't come back in the villa were arrested by the court soldiers again. This time they didn't want to ransom us with money, but asked us to prepare 10 days' worth of grain and dried vegetables, which is the exact amount. The ghost seven guarding the door ran back with the official document of the imperial court and talked to Yuqing and them.

"Yuqing Zhuang Master, my mother and aunt are on the list, as well as the two eldest sisters-in-law, and several aunts and uncles here are from the side branch."

"Yes, there are about 20 people who have been arrested by the imperial court. Each person has 5 catties of grain and 2 catties of dried vegetables per day, which is not an opportunity to scrape the people. Can they eat that much? ”

Yuqing Zhuang owner, this is a small 1,000 catties of grain and 200 catties of dried vegetables. We don't have so many reserves in the lodge. ”

"Zhen'er, this time is a big event in the villa, and there is no food and so many dried vegetables in the villa for the time being. Mobilize all families and courtyards to have food and vegetables, and find a way in the villa where there is still a shortage. Tomorrow morning we must gather enough food and dried vegetables, and we must not let our people starve over there.