Donghua Gate is heavily guarded.

Song Cheng, who was wearing a three-grade official uniform, lowered his head slightly and thought, and was slowly walking out of the centralized isolation courtyard, his expression at this time was very solemn.

There was a new breakthrough in the investigation just now, but it was such a coincidence that the early spring I was going to ask about died.

"Lord Song, according to the epidemic prevention regulations of the palace, you should clean your hands now!" The chief of the guard took the initiative to meet him, reminding him vigilantly and respectfully.

The name of the person, the shadow of the tree, and now Song Cheng has a very good reputation in the entire capital, so that the chief of the guard maintains respect for this Song Qingtian.

Song Cheng seemed to have just returned from the wandering sky, looked at the chief guard in front of him and asked seriously, "Who has been here today?" Who has been in contact with Hatsuharu? ”

"We've been here since the palace gate opened, and no one has ever been here!" The chief guard was stunned for a moment, and then replied in the affirmative.

The two guards standing in front of the door also turned their heads to look at Song Cheng in confusion, now this is the most dangerous isolation place, not to mention that they will not allow outsiders to enter, even if they let people in, they will not dare to enter.

This kind of infectious disease can easily spread to people, and even if you don't die, you have to be infected with a pockmarked face, but no one wants to bear the consequences.

Song Cheng's face straightened, and he immediately threatened: "Do you know the consequences of deceiving this official, beware that this official will play Your Majesty to punish you now!" ”

"Lord Song, there really is no one here, anyone here must register when they enter, you can see it!" The chief of the guard saw that Song Cheng didn't believe it, so he handed the roster on the table to Song Chengdao.

Song Cheng looked at the chief guard as if he was lying, so he took over the registered roster.

It's just that when I just turned the first page, I was stunned when I saw the first name, which was my official position and name. It's just that this can't be me, so I stopped and continued to check.

When he saw the second name, the fog that had been shrouding his mind slowly dissipated, and the real culprit was emerging.

The sky in the capital is cloudy, and this New Year seems to tell a different story.

In the face of the sudden epidemic, many people can't see the future at all, but they don't know how long it will last.

At this time, some people in the capital are constantly fanning the flames and are encouraging the people to break through the blockade of the imperial court, making the epidemic even more complicated.

West Garden, the apse of the Palace of Nourishing Heart, here is the temporary residence of the emperor.

A little eunuch bowed down and took small steps to bring in Imperial Doctor Cui.

Imperial Physician Cui was wearing a standard imperial doctor uniform, and was now nearly sixty years old, with a withered yellow skin and a beautiful goatee, which made him look old and dignified.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were many ways to become an imperial doctor. Among them, the recommendation and donation of officials are not allowed on the stage, and Dr. Cui Taiyi was originally a son of a famous medical family in Beijing, and he entered the Tai Hospital by taking the examination of the Tai Hospital.

Like officialdom, a physician like him, who has passed formal exams, has a harder diploma, so he usually looks down on those who open their way through connections or money.

Life has its ups and downs, and he has been in the hospital for more than 30 years, and now he is close to the age of retirement, and his life can be said to be dedicated to the Zhu family.

If there are any regrets in life, it is that he could have served as an envoy to Tai Hospital according to his qualifications, but Liu Wentai is very good at managing contacts.

In the end, the position of the envoy of the Tai Hospital was taken away by Liu Wentai's kind of medical mediocrity, but a good doctor like him, who had no skills, has always been unknown in the Tai Hospital.

Fortunately, as long as it is gold, it will always shine, and it has been valued by His Majesty in this epidemic, and has become the most important imperial doctor in the palace epidemic prevention in one fell swoop.

"Your Majesty, this is a recipe for pox. After many attempts, he never got sick, and his family's experiments were effective. For the sake of the common people in the world, please take the prescription for pox! Imperial Physician Cui knelt in front of the bead curtain and presented the medicine very respectfully.

Liu Jin stood outside the bead curtain, and when he relayed: "Your Majesty has already read Imperial Doctor Cui's prescription, since Imperial Doctor Cui and his family have verified it, then let's decoction!" ”

"Command!" Imperial Physician Cui's eyes flashed with joy, and he said respectfully.

Emperor medicine not only has a strict medication process, but also needs someone to try.

When Imperial Doctor Cui saw Liu Jin bringing the medicine to the palace maid for a test of the medicine, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, but he knew that something could not happen.

In the dormitory of the palace of the nourishing heart, sandalwood rises up.

Zhu Youzhu didn't expect the efficiency of the military department to be so high, and he had already handed over the candidate for the commander of the Nanyang Luzon Guard, who was Yu Yuanzan, the avant-garde fellow of Jianzhou.

In the face of this candidate, he is actually in the middle of it.

In Enke's martial arts, although Yu Yuanzan seems to be invincible, he can drill the loopholes in the rules, and he can be regarded as a flexible talent.

He served as Caoyun Qianhu and successfully rescued refugees, and then was transferred to Liaodong to participate in the war, and now he is indeed a candidate for military generals to go to Luzon.

Zhu Youzhu knew that if he wanted to plough the field, he had to let the cattle graze, so he immediately gave instructions: "Yu Yuanzan, who was promoted to the Jianzhou avant-garde Tongzhi, was the commander of the Nanyang Luzon Guard, and returned to Beijing to select elite soldiers and strong generals to go, and the treatment was based on Donghaiwei!" ”

From various feedbacks, we know that although being far away from their homeland makes many soldiers miss their hometown, the current soldiers of the East China Sea do not want to return at all, but hope to stay on the East China Sea Island forever.

This Donghai Island is not an island to the east of the Leizhou Peninsula, but the predecessor of Senzhi Island, although the two county officials are still Koreans, but have been changed to the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the medicine has been boiled!" Liu Jin led a small eunuch to bring the medicine jar in, and reminded softly.

Zhu Youzhu looked at the black medicine jar sent to him, and couldn't help but let out a deep sigh.

Although history proves that only Emperor Guangxu died of arsenic, history has always been written by the victors, and who can be 100% sure that the short-lived emperor of the Ming Dynasty was not abnormal?

In this era when the civil bureaucracy has infiltrated all aspects of the dynasty, it is really impossible to tell which will come first, the unexpected or the tomorrow.

Even if it is a high emperor, in fact, he is a mortal fetus after all, if he really wants to erase a fresh life, it is just a bowl of medicinal soup.

At this moment, he didn't hate Xu Pu and Qingyunhou's arrogant people so much.

Compared with the courtiers who are about to bully themselves, this kind of conspiracy and trickery of the courtiers is even more hateful, so that they have to deal with it carefully.

"Keep it safe!"

Zhu Youzhu put down the affairs in his hand and commanded lightly.

Although I am very anxious now, and the preventive medicine that Dr. Cui said is very tempting, fortunately, I know that the prevention of smallpox is not a medicine that can work at all.

Like the new crown in later generations, not to mention ordinary drugs, even vaccines are helpless, and the best effect is always to produce antibodies after infection.

In the face of this kind of smallpox, which can kill people, if you don't have antibodies in your body, everything is in vain. Therefore, the preventive prescription must be a trick to deceive people, and this Imperial Doctor Cui has a big plan.

"Your Majesty, the slave maid just told Imperial Doctor Cui that you have taken it!" Liu Jin came in from outside and reported cautiously.

Zhu Youzhu stretched his waist, and suddenly asked seriously: "Since Shuyi moved to Xiyuan, she has always been running to Baicao Garden?" ”

"That's true, Shurong comes from a medical family, and she likes to dry some hay on weekdays! Although there are no medicinal seedlings in Baicao Garden now, she seems to be looking for seedling roots, and the slave maid doesn't know much about it! Liu Jin was stunned for a moment, and then replied honestly.

Zhu Youzhu knew that his concubines did have their own strengths, so he lightly ordered: "Since she understands medical science, then you can summon her over tonight!" ”

"Your Majesty, Imperial Physician Cui said that you should quit sex!" Liu Jin swallowed and spit, looking broken.

Zhu Youzhang's face was slightly gloomy, and he said impatiently: "I don't think it's so unbearable, I have other important things to do with Shurong!" ”

"Yes!" Liu Jin didn't know what medicine was sold in the emperor's gourd, but he faintly felt that his emperor couldn't help it, but he still said respectfully.

It was at this time that Imperial Physician Cui and Song Cheng asked to see each other.

Zhu Youzhu was slightly stunned at first, and then said quietly: "Biography!" ”

"Your Majesty, please Saint Ann!" Song Cheng and Imperial Physician Cui came in together, and they looked polite.

Zhu Youzhu sat behind the bead curtain and tasted tea, and said very calmly: "The two Aiqing ask to see, what is the matter?" ”

"Your Majesty, after you have taken the medicinal soup, you may have a body heat in the next few days, and you are willing to stay in Xiyuan to serve Your Majesty at all times!" Imperial Physician Cui answered first, looking loyal and authentic.

This......

Liu Jin suddenly looked at Imperial Doctor Cui with complicated eyes, he didn't mention this matter at all just now, which obviously forced the emperor to agree to him staying here.

The corners of Zhu Youzhang's mouth rose slightly, and he looked at Song Cheng through the bead curtain and said, "Song Qing, why are you here?" ”

"The minister is here to give the order!"

"Why?"

"The minister has found out the source of smallpox in the palace!"

……

Song Cheng replied, and his face looked extremely serious.

Hey?

Liu Jin's eyes widened slightly, but he didn't expect Song Cheng's efficiency to be so high, and he really found the source of smallpox so quickly.

Zhu Youzhu took a sip of tea and asked with some interest: "Who?" ”

"Imperial Doctor Cui!" Song Cheng's face suddenly turned, and he immediately testified.

Imperial Physician Cui was about to watch a good show, but found that Song Cheng was pointing the finger at him, and immediately said angrily: "Lord Song, you don't want to spray people with blood!" ”

"Imperial Doctor Cui, menstruation is irregular in early spring, but the prescription you prescribed to her indicates that she should use fresh fish to soak in it?" Song Cheng's eyes didn't blink, and he looked serious and asked.

Imperial Physician Cui sighed in his heart, but asked quietly: "This is indeed the case!" This is all our imperial doctor's conditioning method, what can this matter mean? ”

"If it's just one person in early spring, it really doesn't mean anything! It's just a coincidence that the official checked all the infected people in the palace, and the seriously ill ones were all after you were treated, and they all asked for fresh fish bubbles? Being the first source of infection for the epidemic in the palace in early spring does not establish it, but it makes things reasonable to set you as the first source of infection! "Song Cheng has a very good talent for criminal investigation, and even if he uncovers the truth.

Imperial Physician Cui was horrified in his heart, but he still shouted wronged: "You are speculating so wildly without evidence, it is clear that you are spraying people with blood here!" ”

"This official originally wanted to verify the contact with you in the early spring, but when he arrived at the quarantine center, he found that the person was dead!" Song Cheng saw that Imperial Physician Cui still wanted to quibble, so he pointed out another matter.

When Imperial Physician Cui learned that the person was dead, he said fearlessly: "People can't be resurrected after death!" ”

"The medicine you took today in the early spring was prescribed to her again, right?" Song Cheng had already verified a lot of things just now, and immediately asked directly.

Seeing Song Cheng biting himself, Imperial Physician Cui suddenly said with a cold face: "What do you mean by this?" ”

"This official has just found out: due to the special situation, all patients' medicines will not be verified by the palace, so you put a broken intestine grass that is very similar to honeysuckle in the medicine of early spring!" Song Cheng took out the medicine residue from his sleeve, looking serious.

"Your Majesty, you have been wronged! The minister is loyal to His Majesty, and there is no such vicious heart, and the matter of breaking the intestines must be done by someone else! Now Your Majesty has obeyed the acne prevention prescription, I am afraid that Your Majesty has a body fever, so I implore Your Majesty not to believe in Lord Song's groundless speculation, please Rong Chen first protect the dragon's body! Beads of sweat oozed from Doctor Cui's forehead, and he grabbed the last hope.

This is an imperial society after all, as long as he can become a useful person next to the emperor, not to mention that Song Cheng has no substantive evidence, a small palace maid is insignificant at all.

Zhu Youzhu took a deep breath, but said with a bit of mockery: "Imperial Doctor Cui, you don't need to worry about this matter, your medicine is still here!" ”

"Huh? Your Majesty, why did Gonggong Liu just ......" Imperial Physician Cui looked at Liu Jin who was standing in front of the bead curtain, looking incredulous.

The corners of Liu Jin's mouth rose slightly, but he said jokingly: "Originally, Your Majesty just suspected that there was something wrong with your medicinal soup, but now that you react like this, there is indeed something wrong with this medicine!" ”

"Your Majesty! Do not take such medicine for the wicked! Song Cheng learned that there was still such a thing, and even made a statement.

"Pull back the bead curtains!"

The bead curtain and curtain slowly opened, and Zhu Youzhu seemed to be sitting there unharmed, and the whole person had more and more the majesty of an emperor.

This......

It was the first time that Imperial Physician Cui had really seen the emperor, and he suddenly felt an unprecedented chill, and the black medicine jar was indeed placed on the table.

Zhu Youzhu saw Imperial Doctor Cui's reaction, and said straight to the point: "Imperial Doctor Cui, your anti-acne medicine is to add the patient's pox liquid!" ”

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, you ...... How do you know? Imperial Physician Cui's eyes widened, and he never thought that the emperor had the same wisdom as Song Cheng.

"A little trick, how can you hide it from Your Majesty!" Liu Jin immediately mocked disdainfully.

Zhu Youzhu saw that the matter had been completely confirmed, so he said lightly: "Say it!" As long as you recruit the people behind the scenes, I can let you go, otherwise none of your three clans will survive! ”

As soon as these words came out, killing intent came from all directions.

Imperial Physician Cui trembled, as if he saw the scene of his family's blood flowing into a river, and finally realized what a terrifying existence he had provoked.