Due to the long time they spent in Fengling City, on the way to Pinghe City, they could only stop for a while in every city, pool, village and fall they passed, and in order to reach Pinghe City as soon as possible, they went hand in hand.

On this day, they finally arrived at Pinghe City. When he walked under the gate of Pinghe City, he found that the gate was closed. Onishi felt strange and said, "Why do you want to close the city gate in broad daylight?" Is it on purpose, trying to keep us out? ”

Taihao said: "Don't talk nonsense, they don't know that we are coming back today." ”

An officer and soldier on the tower of the city saw a group of people from outside the city, and the officer and soldier shouted to them: "The city gate is not opened, and the people from outside the city are no longer allowed to enter the city in Pinghe City, please return quickly." ”

Taihao was surprised when he heard this, and asked, "I don't know what happened in Pinghe City?" Why should the gates be closed? ”

The officer and soldier continued to shout: "Because something big has happened in the city, so the people of the outer city are not allowed to enter the city, it is good for you not to let you in, if you don't want to die, leave quickly!" ”

Tai Hao just wanted to ask what was going on in the city, but before he could open his mouth, Gu Sheng on the side shouted to the officer and soldier: "This is Lord Tai Hao, who came to Pinghe City on the order of the emperor to take up the post of deputy general guarding the city, please open the city gate and let us in......"

When the officer and soldier heard this, he thought for a moment and shouted, "You wait outside for a while, and I'll go and report to the city lord!" ”

After a long time, the officers and soldiers defending the city opened the city gate, and when they entered the city, they did not go directly to the yamen, but were taken by an officer and soldier to a small room not far from the city gate, and they followed the officer and soldier into the house, and saw that there were several people lined up inside, and the mouths and noses of the people were covered with a face towel made of white cloth, and a physician was examining the body of each of them. Seeing that Taihao didn't cover their mouth and nose with a face towel, the doctor examined them more carefully. After they were examined by the doctor, the doctor nodded to the officer who had led them here, and the officer and soldier left the room with them.

After coming out, Tai Hao asked the officer and soldier, "Why do you have to check your body when you enter the city?" What happened in Pinghe City? ”

The officer and soldier replied: "Lord Taihao, do you know that there has been a plague in Pinghe City recently, and many people have died, and there is no way to control it, so the city lord can only order the city to be blocked, and the people in the city must check their bodies every day, and if they are found to be infected with the plague, they will be killed." ”

Taihao nodded and said, "I see! "Thinking that he was going to be killed if he was infected with the plague, it seemed that this lord of Fudge seemed to be very tyrannical and unreasonable.

After a short time, they came to the yamen, and the officer and soldier asked Taihao to wait outside, and went in first to report to the city lord. Daxi said in a low voice: "Twelve, have you found it, isn't this Pinghe City very strange?" ”

Tai Hao said: "It's really strange, we must be more careful when doing things here." ”

After waiting for a long time, I saw an official come out with a smile, and after seeing Taihao, he said with a smile: "Your Excellency is Lord Taihao, right below, is the current deputy general Bi Luojing, the city lord has been waiting for Lord Taihao for a long time, please come with me." ”

Tai Hao asked Gu Sheng, Daxi, Shaoling, Dumb Shan, Nian Yu and the guards he brought to wait outside the Yamen Gate, and he only took Ji Yu to follow Bi Luojing to the Yamen, and after entering the Yamen Gate, he went straight for a short distance and arrived at the main hall of a room, and only the city lord of Yao Fuji was waiting in the hall. Taihao had seen Yao Fuji in the Horse Mansion, and he was also a little worried that he would be recognized by Yao Fuji.

Yao Fuji saw Taihao coming in, and said with a smile: "Lord Taihao, I didn't go to greet you in person, please forgive me." ”

Tai Hao said with a smile: "Where is it, the city lord of Yaofuji is busy with official business, how dare you go to meet you, I will come by myself." ”

Yao Fuji glanced at Taihao up and down, and said with a smile: "Lord Taihao is handsome and dashing, as if he has seen it somewhere." ”

Taihao felt that he was recognized, but he had an idea, and said with a smile: "I can only say that I have an extremely ordinary face under it, haha, but I also feel familiar when I look at the city lord of Yaofuji, as if I have seen it in a dream." ”

After speaking, they laughed together, and Yao Fuji said: "The emperor's edict appointing the deputy general to defend the city arrived a few months ago, why did Lord Taihao only arrive in Pinghe City today?" ”

Taihao said: "I won't tell you, because I encountered some small trouble on the way to Pinghe City, so I delayed." ”

Yao Fuji sighed and said, "Recently, we have also encountered trouble in Pinghe City......

Tai Hao said: "I heard what the officer and soldier said just now, saying that there is a plague in the city? ”

Yao Fuji said sadly: "That's right, the plague has spread to the whole city, and now the people of Pinghe City are all panicking. ”

At this time, an officer and soldier came to the hall and said, "Report to the lord of the city, and check out two more people suffering from the plague." ”

Before Yao Fuji could speak, Bi Luojing said to the officer and soldier: "There is no need to report this matter, just kill it directly, and the corpse will be burned with fire." ”

When Taihao heard this, he immediately felt incredulous, and said, "If you have the plague, why don't you treat it, but kill it directly?" ”

Yao Fuji said: "Lord Taihao doesn't know, we have used many methods to control the plague, we can only find one to kill one and cut off the source of its infection. Suddenly thought of something, and continued: "By the way, Lord Taihao, your official residence has also been selected for you, and it is two miles away from the yamen, and the distance is okay." ”

Tai Hao said: "City Lord Xie is so thoughtful, in fact, we can have a place to live, and it doesn't matter how far away from the yamen is." ”

Yao Fuji said: "Lord Taihao is the first deputy general sent by the emperor to Pinghe City, we must pay more attention to it." Otherwise, Lord Taihao will go back today to have a good rest, and tomorrow I will ask the official to go to Lord Taihao's residence to invite Lord Taihao to come, and I will personally pick up the wind and wash the dust for Lord Taihao. ”

Tai Hao said: "Everything is arranged by the city lord. ”

Yao Fuji called a servant and asked him to take Lord Taihao to Lord Taihao's residence, and Yao Fuji left Deputy General Bi Luojing behind, saying that there was still something important to discuss.

Taihao and they followed the official to walk two miles to the official residence, the official residence has two red vermilion lacquer gates, and the top of the red vermilion lacquer gate hangs a black gold silk nanmu plaque, on which the dragon flies and the phoenix dances with three big characters "Deputy General's Mansion". When you enter the door, you will be greeted by a large compound that is open on all sides, and there is a small pond in the middle of the courtyard. There are also goldfish and lotus flowers in the pond, all of which are embellished like a landscape painting. Taihao grew up in the Western Regions Frontier and had never lived in such a luxurious mansion.

Tai Hao asked the officer, "Who used to live here in this mansion?" ”

The official said: "This place used to be lived by the previous city lord, and after the former city lord returned to his hometown, this place has been empty. ”

Tai Hao nodded, thanked the officer, and then the officer left the deputy general's mansion. Taihao asked all the guards and entourage to clean the house and courtyard again. Daxi walked over and said to Taihao: "Twelve, this yard is really big, it's the first time I've seen such a luxurious yard?" ”

Tai Hao said: "It's the first time I've met, and now you're in charge of dividing rooms for everyone." He whispered and smiled: "Divide Sister Nianyu into the room next to me." ”

Tai Hao said loudly to Nian Yu and them: "Let Daxi divide the house for everyone, I'm tired from the road for so long, after dividing the house, you go to your room to rest for a while." ”

After dividing the room, Tai Hao took out the "Snow Cat Shadow" cheats given to him by Yuan Shi in his room, thinking about where to put the cheats safest. After thinking about it, it was best to put it under the bed, and he found a wooden box in his room, put the secret book wrapped in brown paper in the wooden box, and crawled under the bed. First, a pit the size of a wooden box was carved out with a knife, and then the wooden box was placed in it, and then buried it with earth. After finishing all this, Taihao was just about to lie on the bed to rest for a while, when he heard a knock on the door, and Taihao opened the door and found that it was Gu Sheng. Tai Hao said: "Brother Gusheng, what's the matter with you?" ”

Gu Sheng said: "Brother Taihao, let's go in and talk." ”

Taihao let him into the room, and as soon as he sat down, there was another knock on the door. When Taihao opened the door, he found that it was Yuyu. He let Jiaoyu also enter the room, and Taihao said, "Why is Brother Gusheng and Sister Jiayu looking for me at the same time?" ”

Gu Sheng said: "When I left the capital, the emperor gave me a task, saying that when I arrived in Pinghe City, I must let Lord Taihao do one thing. ”

Tai Hao hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Before Gu Sheng could answer, Ju Yu said, "I was also ordered by the emperor to tell Brother Taihao a sentence when Lord Taihao arrived in Pinghe City." ”

Tai Hao just wanted to ask her what she said, but there was another knock on the door, and Gu Sheng smiled: "If you guess correctly, this time it must be Brother Shaoling." ”

Taihao opened the door and found that it was really Shaoling, so he invited Shaoling into the room, and Taihao closed the door again.

Tai Hao suddenly realized and said, "It turns out that the emperor has given you the same task!" ”

Gu Sheng said: "After the Taihao brothers arrived in Pinghe City, the emperor asked me to tell you what to do, that is, 'personally visit the general who guards the city'. ”

Ju Yu continued: "After arriving in Pinghe City, the emperor asked me to tell Brother Taihao, which was to 'accept everything given by the city lord Yao Fuji'. ”

Shaoling said again: "After arriving in Pinghe City, the emperor asked me to tell Brother Taihao about 'gaining the trust of the people in the city'. ”

Taihao listened and began to ponder. I thought: "The first thing is to personally visit the general who guards the city, the emperor's purpose must be to let me be the general of the city defense in the future, and I want to get the support of Da Shunqu." This second thing, why did I accept everything from the lord of the city? If you want me to accept bribes, what will the city lord of Fuji give me? The third thing is to gain the trust of the people in the city, how to do this, how to get the trust of the people in Pinghe City, I really can't think of a way. ”

Tai Hao said: "Brother Gusheng, Sister Xuanyu, Brother Shaoling, I have written them down one by one, has the emperor given you anything else for me to do?" ”

Ju Yu said: "Then there is none." ”

Gu Sheng and Shao Ling also nodded. Then, they left Taihao's room.