After Zhao Changqing came to the barracks, Xiao Yuming and Zhao Yun were worried that the epidemic would disturb the holy driver, so they advised him to leave here.

But he was indifferent and said: "I am a land immortal, and I have the blessing of the emperor fire in my body, and I am not close to my body because of the plague. ”

Having said that, after all, he is the emperor of the Great Wei State, the lord of a country, if he has any accidents, they will die as courtiers.

However, they all knew Zhao Changqing's temperament, and knew that once he had an idea, it would be difficult for them to change anything, so they could only carefully keep him away from the place where the sick people gathered in the barracks.

But Zhao Changqing felt indifferent, even fearless, and wandered around the barracks, and in the process of wandering, he also told him about the former general under Xiao Yuming.

Every time Zhao Changqing approached the camp of the sick soldiers, Zhao Yun and the others would worry about it once, for fear that they would really encounter some irreparable accidents, and it would be too much of a crime!

After hearing what the emperor said, Xiao Yuming immediately clenched his fists and apologized: "Your Majesty, it was Yu Ming's imperial majesty who was not strict, so that he disturbed the holy driver, and Yu Ming made amends to His Majesty for him."

However, this person has followed the last general since Jiangnan Province, and he is by no means the kind of general who can surrender to the enemy or spread rumors, so it is estimated that this matter is true.

It is no accident that these thieves suddenly besieged the city after such a situation appeared in our camp, and the last general suspected that the plague in the barracks had absolutely nothing to do with them. ”

Zhao Changqing nodded and said, "Regardless of whether what Qi Dingyuan said is true or not, I have already sent Jian Yi to investigate, and I believe that according to his speed, there will be news in the afternoon." It's good if it's true, but if it's fake, then you, the former general, should really be killed!"

If he had stayed in the past when he wanted to earn mediocre points, he might not have killed him, but now it is different from the past, on top of these witch Gu thieves, Zhao Changqing doesn't want to earn mediocre points, he just wants to kill all these hateful wizards, and leave no one behind!

If what Qi Dingyuan said is false, then it means that he has a fifty percent probability of having defected to the enemy.

When he said this, the incident of the plague in the joint barracks will easily cause panic among the soldiers and civilians, and when the time comes, his own positions will be in chaos, how can he fight those anti-thieves?

Xiao Yuming said: "If what General Qi said is true at that time, then Your Majesty, how should we defend against the attack of traitors? At present, the entire barracks are almost shrouded in the panic of the epidemic, and the fighting spirit of the soldiers is extremely low.

Zhao Changqing thought for a while and said, "This matter is not urgent, let's find out about the plague first." Even if they are in the city, with me and the master of the Sword Pavilion, for a while, the city gate will not be able to break through by the thieves, not to mention, I don't believe it, in time, my 400,000 troops will be infected with the plague.

Didn't the military doctor say that the plague would develop very quickly? Today and tomorrow, all the soldiers who did not get sick were moved outside the city and set up camp outside the city to prepare for war at any time. ”

If what the former general said is true, then Duanzhou City and Xinzhou City should not do it, shorten the distance between the battle line, and fight to the death with the enemy.

Xiao Yuming thought in their hearts, what His Majesty said should be the most conservative method at present, but how can His Majesty's golden body be able to go to the battlefield in person? This is not the time when His Majesty once served as the Great Prince or the King of Qi, but the Lord of Great Wei!

How can you take risks?

Zhao Yun said: "Your Majesty, how can you go to the battlefield in person? Even if the last general and others are all killed on the battlefield, they must not let Your Majesty personally get into danger!"

Zhao Changqing didn't want to discuss this topic with them now, he asked about other things, "How many sick soldiers are there now, and what are the symptoms?"

Xiao Yuming has been paying close attention to this matter, he said: "Your Majesty, the current infected soldiers have almost reached more than 600 cases, and now not only the soldiers, but even several war horses have vomited, and most of the soldiers are mainly suffering from fever, skin ulcers, and internal organs. ”

Zhao Changqing frowned, he didn't expect that in less than three or four hours, the number of sick people had increased to more than six hundred, and the speed of this infection was really too fast.

Suddenly, he thought of something and said, "I think of one thing, is Zhu Yanxiu solving the plague in Shudi? Where is he now?"

Zhao Yun said: "This general has paid attention, the plague in Shu has almost been solved, and when we leave Chang'an, Mr. Zhu should already be on his way back to Chang'an." ”

Zhao Changqing nodded and said, "Immediately expedite eight hundred miles, let him come to Lingnan from Chang'an quickly, if you dare to delay on the road, I want his head!"

By the way, let the factory guards and the light cavalry in the capital protect him, and tell them not to worry about running away from the horse. Be sure to let Zhu Yanxiu come to Lingnan as soon as possible, and inform the official post stations along the way, so that they can prepare a thousand miles of good horses for Zhu Yanxiu to drive. ”

Zhao Yun clenched his fists when he heard the sound and said, "The last general will do it!"

Without further ado, Zhao Yun stepped back and went to order this matter.

Zhao Changqing said to Xiao Yuming again: "Let's go, take me to see those sick soldiers." ”

When Xiao Yuming heard this, his heart was shocked, as a loyal courtier, how could he let the monarch go to that kind of place? Once something happened, not only would he be left stinking for 10,000 years, but the entire Wei State would fall into a situation from which he could never recover!

Your Majesty must not be allowed to go!

"Your Majesty, this is a plague! I beg your pardon for not agreeing to let you visit those soldiers who are already sick!" He had never spoken to Zhao Changqing in such a tone, and as soon as he finished speaking this time, the whole person felt bad, and his state of mind was thrilling!

Zhao Changqing snorted coldly and said, "What? You dare to disobey your orders? Those soldiers lying on the hospital bed are all good men who entrust their lives to me!"

I didn't let them die on the battlefield, but let them lie on the hospital bed and suffer, how can you make me feel good?

I have made up my mind, if you dare to persuade me again, I will dismantle you in eight pieces!"

Of course, Zhao Changqing is just talking like this, although when he was earning mediocrity, he thought about killing him.

Xiao Yuming actually twisted it up rarely, only to see him kneeling down on one knee, and all the generals behind him knelt down at the same time, he took the lead in speaking: "Your Majesty, if you insist on visiting, step on the corpse of the last general!"

The rest of the kneeling generals said the same.

Zhao Changqing looked at their kneeling demeanor, helpless, and said, "Okay, one by one, I don't dare to kill you, right?"

When the generals looked at each other, a military doctor suddenly came over, and then saw that all the generals were kneeling, and then looked at the man in the dragon robe, and knew that His Majesty the Emperor was coming, so he immediately knelt down, and then said: "Weichen has seen Your Majesty!"

Zhao Changqing looked at him and asked, "What's the matter?"

The military doctor looked a little flustered, and he didn't know if he saw Zhao Changqing Longwei Taisheng or what, in short, he stammered a little when he spoke, "Your Majesty, it's not a big deal." The plague has gone through the condition of the dead. ”

Zhao Changqing was taken aback, is this disease really so fierce?

He hurriedly asked, "How many people have died?"

The military doctor replied while swallowing: "Your Majesty, a soldier has died, but it is a soldier. ”

Zhao Changqing looked at the generals and said, "There is already a situation of dead people, do you still want to stop me?"

Xiao Yuming went out, intending to break the jar, and said, "Your Majesty, it is precisely because of the dead that you can't go." ”

When has it been, and he is still talking like this?

Zhao Changqing was a little angry, and just wanted to get angry, when he saw a military doctor, ignoring the obstruction of the soldiers, outside the wall of people protecting him, shouting something.

Zhao Changqing noticed this scene and frowned, obviously very incomprehensible and unhappy with the military doctor's actions.

Shouldn't he be busy in the sick camp at this time?

How did it end up here?

"Let him in. Zhao Changqing said.

The soldiers who protected the emperor, when they saw His Majesty's speech, got out of the way and let the military doctor in.

When he came to the emperor, he knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, the cause of the disease has been roughly investigated. ”

Hearing this news, Zhao Changqing was also a little relieved, and asked, "Don't worry, talk slowly, what's the matter?"

The military doctor replied: "After hundreds of people became ill last night, the last general collected the feces of a sick soldier, and found that the color of this feces was clueless, and after Wei Chen carefully decomposed it, he did a variety of experiments on animals, and found that on this dung, there is a poison that can be quickly absorbed by living creatures, and then wreak havoc on the internal organs of living objects.

Weichen also used a more bloody dissection method to find this point, so to speak, the soldiers fell ill collectively, and this disease is so fierce, all because of the poison in the feces. ”

"Poisons, germs?" Zhao Changqing muttered in his heart, and then said, "Tell me, what exactly makes these poisons infect the soldiers?"

The military doctor said: "Back to Your Majesty, my subordinates guess that it is because someone accidentally ingested or touched this poison, so that it can spread rapidly on people, and then achieve the purpose of infecting others. ”

Zhao Changqing understood it, and he said: "You mean to say that the birth of this plague is probably because some soldiers ate things that should not be eaten, and then this poison penetrated into the human body with the help of ingredients and was spread?"

The military doctor nodded and said, "Your Majesty, according to the current situation, it is easiest for this poison to be quickly transmitted overnight through diet. It's just that this kind of poison is colorless and tasteless, and it is difficult to see the clues with the naked eye, if it weren't for Weichen's experiments with living creatures, it would be difficult to find the cause, but even if it is found, it is difficult to prescribe the right medicine. ”

After Zhao Changqing heard this, he looked at Xiao Yuming and said, "What do the soldiers eat on weekdays?"

Xiao Yuming said: "Your Majesty, it's just some ordinary ingredients that can't be ordinary anymore!"

Zhao Changqing snorted coldly again, and said to the first-time military doctor: "You just said that the soldier who died was a soldier?"

The military doctor nodded and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, that fellow soldier, named Da Zhuang, is said to have been the head of the army for many years. ”

Zhao Changqing's expression was grim and said: "All the scouts in the general have called me over! No one is allowed to run, I have to ask them personally!"

Soon, the men under their command went to do this, and they called all the scouts here.

Zhao Changqing watched them all fall to their knees one by one, didn't dare to speak, his body trembled, and said: "You don't have to panic, I'm just looking for you to ask questions, yesterday, what kind of food did you make for the soldiers?"

Someone stood up and answered truthfully.

Zhao Changqing felt that there was nothing abnormal, and asked again: "What are the clues to the places where you buy ingredients on weekdays? Or, have you carefully checked the food you bought from outside?"

A man replied: "Your Majesty, this purchase of ingredients, are all done by Brother Da Zhuang, he has been a military doctor for several years, and can distinguish the quality of meat from whether there is a problem with the ingredients, etc., but there is a suspicious thing, yesterday Brother Zhuang told me that when I went to buy ingredients, the slaughterhouse was like a change of people, all with a raw face." But at that time, the big strong brother was in a hurry, and he didn't think about it."

Speaking of this, he looked at the emperor's eyes and was too frightened to speak.

Zhao Changqing took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said: "Yu Ming, you go in person, bring enough people and horses, and bring all the people from that slaughterhouse back to me for strict interrogation! If the problem really appears in them, all those who are busy making a living in the slaughterhouse will be all wiped out by the Nine Clans!"

Xiao Yuming also faintly sensed the crux of the problem, and immediately clenched his fists and said: "The last general will take the order!"

When he ordered the men and horses to surround the slaughterhouse, Zhao Changqing walked into the camp of the sick soldiers.

He went in quietly, without alarming them, and without letting anyone say anything like 'Your Majesty has arrived.'

Because he knows that when people are sick, the most important thing is to rest, especially this serious illness.

He walked back and forth in the sick camp, looking at the soldiers on the sickbed who couldn't open their eyes and were in pain, his heart was shocked, he felt very uncomfortable, and there was an inexplicable depression in his chest.

The soldiers waiting outside the sick camp were anxious at the moment, everyone was extremely scared, Marshal Xiao was not here, and they didn't dare to stop Your Majesty!

They originally wanted to persuade His Majesty to come out, but they were all driven out by Zhao Changqing.

In the sick camp, a soldier suddenly woke up from his slumber, opened his eyes, and coughed up a mouthful of blood, Zhao Changqing saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to help, but the soldier recognized his identity at a glance, and said in horror: "Your Majesty? You are Your Majesty! Your Majesty, the veteran Xu Dali pays a visit to Your Majesty!"

Because he was tortured enough by this plague, he had no strength to get up, but after seeing the emperor, he didn't know where the strength came from, so he suddenly got up and knelt down to him on the bed.

Zhao Changqing wanted to make a silent expression, but it was already too late.

After he finished speaking, most of the sick soldiers in the whole sick camp were awakened, and many people looked at Zhao Changqing's face and exclaimed,

"Your Majesty, he is really Your Majesty!"

"It's Your Majesty!

"Long live Your Majesty!"

"Veteran Zhou Qing greets Your Majesty!"

"Veteran Wang Wu greets Your Majesty!"

"Veteran"

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Slowly, the soldiers in the entire camp knelt down to Zhao Changqing on the hospital bed.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Changqing couldn't help but have some tears in his eyes.

What a lovely group of people!

"I have no intention of disturbing you"

Before he finished speaking, he heard the voices of the soldiers one after another,

"Your Majesty, you shouldn't have come here!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, go quickly, we can't pass this disease on to you!"

"You still have to govern the Wei State, and you still have to bring us a good life! How can you come here! Your Majesty, please, you can go quickly!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, there are all sick people here, in case this disease infects you, we will go down to the Netherworld, but we will no longer have the face to see those robed brothers who have died in battle!"

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(End of chapter)