The emperor repeatedly ordered Xiao Yuming to investigate the Great Wizard, but he had been investigating for several days in a row, and he still had no clue, not only was he depressed in his heart, but the Sword Pavilion Organization, which was mainly responsible for investigating this matter, also felt that he had no idea where to start, just because this Great Wizard was too mysterious.

But in any case, the emperor's order to investigate him even if it is heaven and earth, this is related to the eradication of rebellion, which cannot be ignored, and they also want to know why this great wizard has such a great appeal and can respond to it among the people.

In the past two days, the imperial court still did not send troops to rebel, but recuperated according to Zhao Changqing's order.

Military spies and scouts are closely monitoring the movements of the traitors, and almost any major movements or disturbances of them cannot escape the eyes of the imperial court.

A few days ago, I could still notice the frequent activities of the traitors, but in the past two days, there has been no trace of the enemy, which is very suspicious, but there is no way to guess what kind of conspiracy they are making, but I just feel that this matter is not simple.

One day.

It was raining lightly in the city.

The whole city is a little quiet, and there are fewer pedestrians on the road.

Gradually, the pedestrians who still linger in the streets of the city only feel that they are particularly depressed today.

The army of the imperial court was crowded in the barracks in the city to recuperate, and the daily meals were big fish and meat, which was specially ordered by Zhao Changqing.

Although he sometimes doesn't care about the lives of the army because of his mediocrity, he is really good to every soldier under his command, in this regard, no matter how much money is spent, Zhao Changqing is very willing, and he is also happy to spend money for the soldiers under his command.

According to his words, these people are people who are willing to die for their own birth, and it is their duty to be good to them.

The armies of various countries mostly know that the army of Wei is the best treated among countries, and there are countless people who envy them because of this.

After a non-commissioned soldier of the army of other countries died in battle for the country, his family could basically receive a full three years of military salary, about 52 to 100 taels, and then 3 to 6 buckets of rice every month for the rest of his life.

And Zhao Changqing has always been very arrogant about this matter, no matter what kind of soldier, they are all treated equally, after the death, his family will receive nearly two hundred taels of silver, and his direct descendants can be found by the local magistrate to find a job for him, not only that, after the two hundred taels of silver are distributed, he can also get a subsidy of five hundred wen and three buckets of rice every month.

It is this unique benefit among countries that causes the soldiers under Zhao Changqing's command to fight without fear of death, and he will improve the welfare in the military camp almost every once in a while.

Such an unprecedented initiative, of course, encountered the collective resistance of civil and military officials, after all, in this way, the amount of money spent every year is really too much, and the country will inevitably be unable to make ends meet after a long time.

But according to Zhao Changqing's character, he will do his best to do anything that they are opposed to by civil and military officials.

Although it was drizzling and the weather was gloomy, it did not affect the atmosphere in the barracks at all.

The food in the barracks is solved by the leaders of their own gangs.

And the gang leader basically gets up very early every day to go to the city to buy a large number of ingredients, which is specially ordered by Xiao Yuming, because the supply line from Chang'an to Lingnan is too long, in case the military rations run out, the supplies can't keep up, it is easy to make the soldiers hungry, but buying ingredients for the people in the city can relieve the pressure brought by the supply line.

It's just that it comes and goes, and it's just a little troublesome.

The leader of the gang who is mainly responsible for buying ingredients is called Da Zhuang, no one knows what his surname is, and he has never said it, because of his relatively strong physique, there is a strong character in his name, so over time, the brothers in the robe who are familiar with him call him Da Zhuang.

Today, Da Zhuang shouted more than a dozen gang leaders, pulled more than a dozen cars, and went to buy the ingredients that the army needed today, as usual.

When the army buys ingredients outside, it needs to be selected layer by layer, and then a few merchants are fixed to buy what they need from him.

After all, there are countless people who have been marching outside the country throughout the ages, and they have poisoned the food of their soldiers.

I have to guard against it.

And because Da Zhuang has been a military doctor for several years as a military doctor, he can distinguish the anomalies of ordinary poisons added to ingredients, such as ingredients are black, have peculiar smells, etc., so the army gave him this task.

And Da Zhuang is very loyal to his duties on weekdays because he has an important position.

If there is any accident, it will be a big deal!

There was a large slaughterhouse in the city, and Da Zhuang bought meat from here every day, and the same is true today.

However, every time he handed over to him, he was a hunchbacked old man, but today, there was a different person, a young man.

After Da Zhuang saw him, he didn't see Lao Li Tou, he felt a little puzzled, and asked, "Why didn't you see Lao Li Tou today?"

The young man's eyes were resolute, staring at Da Zhuang's eyes and said, "Master Jun, don't you know, the weather has been bad these days, and Old Man Li has a little cold, so he didn't come." ”

Da Zhuang still feels very strange, because today's slaughterhouse is a little different from the past, what is the difference? He can't understand, he just feels that there seem to be a lot of new faces today, and after thinking about it, maybe the imperial court has a little too many orders these days, so they have recruited a lot of new people, right?

Because of the time, Da Zhuang didn't want to delay any longer, so he said: "It's the same as before, let's put the meat on the car first! When the time comes, the court will send someone to give you money. ”

The young man respectfully said, "All right, I will now order the meat prepared for the army today to be put on the cart." ”

After Da Zhuang nodded, the people in the slaughterhouse put down the things in their hands one after another and came to load the meat ingredients for them into the car.

At this time, Da Zhuang still felt that something was wrong, but what was wrong, he couldn't say it, so he personally checked the meat and found that there was nothing abnormal, so he let the Pao Ze brothers set off.

When he was about to arrive at the barracks, Da Zhuang's heart was pounding for no reason, and he couldn't rest assured, so he said to a soldier next to him: "You go to the old man Li's house in Huai'an Street to see the situation, after all, the ingredients have been prepared for us for so many days, he is sick, it stands to reason that he should go and take a look, there are twenty Wen here, there are so many on me, you are making up for it yourself, buy something to see him, and when you come back, I will make up the money you paid out of your own pocket." ”

The soldier nodded in agreement, then took Da Zhuang's twenty cents and walked in the direction of Huai'an Street.

Da Zhuang looked at his departing back, then looked at several carts full of meat ingredients, and muttered, "I hope I didn't think much about it!"

After returning to the barracks, Da Zhuang wanted to wait until the robe brother came back to cook.

But because of the rain today, the soldiers have been practicing for a long time, covered in rain and sweat, and they are already hungry.

Da Zhuang really had no choice, and without waiting for the soldiers who went to Lao Li Tou's house, he ordered the gang to cook.

At first, after eating this meat, everyone didn't feel anything unusual.

Da Zhuang also breathed a sigh of relief from this, and felt that he was thinking a little too much.

But after a long time of not seeing the soldiers who went to Huan'an Street to find Lao Li Tou back to the camp, his heart began to panic again.

After several hours, the soldier came back, saying that he had inquired for a long time before he knew where Lao Li Tou's house was, and then when he went to Lao Li Tou's house, he did hear the sound of Lao Li Tou's illness, but he did not see him, because the doctor said that Lao Li Tou's current condition was not visible, and it was not convenient to see guests.

So after chatting for a while through the door and window, he left, and then returned to the barracks.

When Da Zhuang heard this, the uneasiness in his heart became even stronger.

Didn't you say that Lao Li Tou was just sick due to the wind cold?

How do you hear this situation, it's still very serious?

However, in any case, the batch of meat he made was indeed sent into the stomachs of many soldiers, and the 400,000 army was eaten separately, so only some of the soldiers ate it at that time.

At first, everyone thought there was nothing out of the ordinary.

But it wasn't until late at night, when the pouring rain came, that a plague rarely seen in the world broke out in the barracks.

(End of chapter)