It's been ten days, the eighth senior brother has not come back, Nan Huaijin is guarding the imperial city embassy alone, this huge imperial city embassy, the servants have long been dispersed, but Zheqiu arranged a capital division to guard the mansion, everyone is wearing iron armor, tall and mighty, and Chen Juntang is guarding the door of the mansion every day.

Nan Huaijin sat alone on the pavilion, too tired, she had to guard the imperial palace for several days, she had already heard the wind outside, He Xiao was injured and fled from Bianjing City overnight, all the way to the south, not knowing where to go. Overnight, many masters of the Imperial City Division died at the palace forbidden gate, and the deputy envoy of the imperial city, Lord Qiu Zhe, had to ask the emperor to show the emperor's will, and Zhang Mao, the head of the East Gate of the internal superintendent and the deputy governor, temporarily took the position of the imperial city envoy.

Zhang Mao was in charge of the Imperial City Division, and thoroughly investigated the palace ban case for several days, and the fourteen dead soldiers who were taken down did not speak, but only one person said that the behind-the-scenes instructions were related to Gu Yumei in Qushui Garden, and the Imperial City Division hurriedly went to get people, but found that the building had already been empty.

"Check, look for the portrait of the painter, post notices, notify the border gates, once Gu Yu is found, he will be arrested immediately, there must be no mistake!" Zhang Mao sat in the first place, and the generals below all stood up and saluted.

"Yes, sir. ”

Zhe Qiu sat quietly, while Zhang Mao glanced at him, didn't speak, and smiled slightly.

Zhang Mao held a plate of hot tea, searched all the way, and finally found Nan Huaijin, she had been sitting alone for two days, and had been sitting cross-legged, her eyes were closed, and her whole body was full of precipitation.

"Mr. Zhang. ”

The Imperial City Division who was patrolling stopped by him, and Zhang Mao asked, "What is the girl doing?"

"The subordinates don't know, but the girl has been sitting on the pavilion for two days, and at the beginning she also instructed me to wait to take care of the surroundings, and then she came with the South girl, and the bamboo girl said, let us have more people watching, don't let people come forward to disturb it. ”

Zhang Mao nodded, waved his hand to let the young general go, and sat on the stone bench outside the pavilion to see, Nan Huaijin sat like that, not alarmed, his face was covered with white beads, and he was carrying two rare swords on his back, as if he was enlightened, Zhang Mao had seen some old Taoist priests with great wisdom who were often like this, most of them were like this, you can sit cross-legged anywhere, one sitting is a day, three meals are not in the way, and when you open your eyes, your ears and eyes are clear, and your whole body is comfortable.

When the emperor was studying, Zhang Mao accompanied the emperor, at that time the emperor was not the emperor, but he was still the prince, Zhao Zhen was both civil and military, and he loved to close his eyes when he was studying literature, Zhang Mao often felt curious, a person was not hungry for a day and a night, but often people were just awake, and their legs were numb for a while when they got up.

"Mr. Zhang, it's getting late, it's time for us to go back to the palace. The little eunuch Luo Ji bowed down, the emperor looked for Zhang Mao for a whole day, and ordered the eunuchs in the palace to look for him, only Luo Ji got the news of the Imperial City Division, looked for him, and found him sleeping here.

Zhang Mao was in a daze, fell asleep, no one came to call him, and he was finally awakened, and the sight was the little eunuch Luo Ji, who endured the sore legs and got up, only to find that the beauty in the pavilion was long gone.

He couldn't see anyone when he looked around, only the little eunuch and the two of them, but he could hear the sound of the Imperial City Division's guards.

"It's getting late? I've been busy with the affairs of the Imperial City Division these days, and I'm really tired, so let's go back. ”

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"Zhuqiu can go with me, and you will go back to the mountain gate. Nan Huaijin packed his clothes, Zhu Qiu also put on his bags, and said goodbye to Qi Zixiu and Qi Wenjin, and Quan Shou, Wu Changfeng and Lu San bowed and saluted.

"Senior sister, take care. Lu San also gave up, the three of them are going back, and the Qi brothers are still staying in Jingzhou, leaving home for three years, they want to go back to meet the people at home, and now the epidemic is severe, they want to protect the safety of their families.

The two horses were still chewing the blades of grass, and the leaves of the trees blown down by the autumn wind were also chewed by the horses, Zhang Mao learned the news that Nan Huaijin was leaving, stopped what he was doing, and quickly whipped the horse, and finally caught up, and could see from a distance that Nan Huaijin was wearing a white gentleman's outfit, leading the horse out, and was about to get on the horse, and Zhuqiu was still by her side.

Zhuqiu's injuries are not yet complete, Nan Huaijin wants her to heal in Bianjing City, but Zhuqiu said: "

"Miss Nan!" Zhang Mao shouted, screamed, and Nan Huaijin turned around when he heard someone calling him.

Zhang Mao took a breath, the wind was cool, he got off the horse, holding a small wooden box in his hand, "Zhang Meiren ordered me to send it, Yun Carp Golden Hairpin, and ask the girl to accept it." ”

Nan Huaijin looked at him puzzled, Zhang Mao had seen him, the emperor's inner east gate was in charge, "This is Zhang Meiren sent me?"

Zhang Mao nodded, the wooden box was opened, and a dark green fish-shaped jade was embedded in the golden hairpin, which was the hairpin given to her by Zhang Meiren, and asked Zhang Mao to send it over.

"Was it sent by Mr. Zhang Meiren?" Nan Huaijin looked at Jin Hai carefully, and then smiled and said: "Mr. Trouble thanked Zhang Meiren on my behalf, and when I come to Bianjing again, I will definitely go to find a beauty." ”

It was the first time Zhang Mao had seen her smile and talk like this, and he couldn't see the face under the beaded veil clearly, and could only hear the nightingale's chirping laughter.

"Now that the epidemic is rampant, and many people have died of illness even at the foot of the imperial city, Miss Nan really wants to go south and go to Jiangnan to find Lord He?" Zhang Mao asked with a frown.

The epidemic is rampant and menacing. In this day, the Imperial City Division found out that there were forty-three deceased people who died of the epidemic in Bianjing, and even at the feet of the Son of Heaven there were many dead, and other places may be even more miserable. Nan Huaijin went south at this time, and he couldn't help but make people worry.

"But I hope that my brother is okay, he is injured, no matter what I am with him, I must go to him. Nan Huaijin said, Zhu Qiu also followed, and Zhang Mao gave a salute.

"That Mao Ze can only send the girl, and Mao Ze guards the Imperial City Division for Lord He, waiting for Lord He to come back. Zhang Mao bowed slightly, and Nan Huaijin also bowed his hand.

"Then, Mr. Zhang, we will meet again. Nan Huaijin got on the horse, looked at the Huangcheng Street, where there were many fewer people, pulled the reins of the horse's head, and raised the horsewhip.

Zhang Mao watched the two go away until he couldn't see the figures, then he took a deep breath and turned to leave.

The emperor was busy, there were three elders sitting on the main hall, the two mansions all had the upper table, and the states were also playing the chapter like a piece of paper that didn't want money, all of them were eight hundred miles urgent, and there were constantly warriors in front of the palace to speak.

After all, the emperor is the emperor, calm and calm, he has never passed on food for a day, and the ministers see that the emperor himself does not need to eat, and he does not dare to leave, only to ask the little eunuch for a cup of tea to eat, which can be regarded as a cushion for the stomach.

Fu Bi glanced at Fan Zhongyan, who was sitting on the throne, and moved his long eyebrows, the emperor didn't speak for a long time, but the atmosphere was indeed heavy.

"Not only the epidemic in Daizhou, five days ago, the people who fled the epidemic and fled the famine have entered Bianjing, yesterday day, there were more than 43 dead, and Lin'an came to the news, the epidemic is menacing, one day, more than 100 dead people were found in the wild. ”

The emperor finally spoke, his tone slowly became weak, he held the front of the case, the music was piled up high in front of him, a little eunuch bowed his waist and picked up the music chapter, and then sent it down, there was a special person waiting, picked up the music and sent it out.

"The Zhongshu and the three divisions have sorted out the charter, the plan has also been sealed, and the state capitals have also drawn up methods...... Ahem...... I searched for doctors from all walks of life, and the medicinal materials for the general epidemic disease...... Call...... It is also necessary to control the epidemic earlier, and not to teach the sick to cross the state capital. Fan Zhongyan spoke, he was older, and he had recently contracted a cold disease, and he couldn't help coughing as soon as he spoke.

The emperor knew about Fan Zhongyan's illness, and he couldn't bear to sit here hungry, not to mention that the old minister still needed to take medicine, "Fan Qing still needs to take good care of his body, when the epidemic is rampant, Fan Qing also needs to prepare more food in the mansion, and he will recuperate in the mansion tomorrow." ”

Fan Zhongyan got up tremblingly and bowed to Zhao Zhen: "Your Majesty, old minister." ”

Fu Bi thought about things, but still took out the board and said: "The epidemic is together, not only the people who died of illness, but the convenience of the people's livelihood and travel are restricted. ”

Fu Bi's eyes rolled quickly, and he looked at the emperor and nodded slightly before he continued: "The state capitals should set up porridge sheds to supply people who are begging to survive, and then arrange the secret guards of the imperial city to lurk in them. ”

Not only the emperor, but the rest of the officials also nodded secretly, Fan Zhongyan also immediately seconded the proposal, and Zhao Zhen also wrote a decree.

Flying horses galloped out of the imperial city, to the state capitals of the Great Song Dynasty, the people outside the imperial city saw it and avoided it from afar, the young generals of the imperial city division also went out of the city overnight, the forbidden army of the city gate was also killed, and the thousands of troops and horses stationed abroad were dispatched to control the state capital outside the state capital of the epidemic one by one, and there was a general decree on the Zhongshu Men Pingzhang, that is, the great seal of the prime minister Yan Shu, the grain on the porridge shed was requisitioned from the treasury everywhere, many rich households also raised a little food, there was no half-moon scene, the officialdom was clear, the people in the north discussed the current affairs, the more food in the porridge shed, the emperor's reputation was getting better and better, 。

Nan Huaijin went all the way to the south, and there were thousands of displaced people on the road, many of whom suffered from the terrible epidemic and were left behind by the team, starving all over the wilderness, and the dry bones were endless.

There are rumors of cannibalism in some places, the farther south you go, the closer Nan Huai Jin is to the group of people who fled first, Nan Huai Jin is frightened, and Zhu Qiu, who went with him, also changed his face drastically, too many new bones have been added to a mass grave, and some corpses wrapped in white cloth are left in the depths of the mass grave, these dead bodies even hovering eagles and wild wolves guarding food do not dare to come forward to bite, but they are mosquitoes that cannot be seen in ordinary places, and they are crawling all over the white cloth here.

There were hundreds of these corpses, and maggots began to grow on the dead corpses, and the stench was overwhelming, and the people who carried the corpses were not far away, and the dead people were thrown on white cloths and wrapped tightly, and they were thrown into mass graves, and the cold wind was already blowing, but the maggots were already crawling happily.

Where did Nan Huai Jin and Zhu Qiu think that the current epidemic is so terrifying, any state can find tens of thousands of dead bodies, there are many people suffering from the epidemic, but there are not many people who starve to death, and they learned that there is a big epidemic in their state capital, and many people have fled at the beginning, but the state capital is paralyzed, and there are still many state government yamen who have issued orders, and the local forbidden army guards the main road to block the refugees who go south to survive.