Chapter 54: Fan Jin
Walking into Xi'an City, Ye Feng and the others were stunned.
I thought that since the plague was rampant in the city, there would be dead bodies all over the place, and mourning would be everywhere, like a ghost domain.
But stepping into the city of Xi'an, the whole city is quiet.
Most of the shops and businesses on the street are closed, and the streets are sparsely populated and deserted.
Other than that, everything was calm and normal, the streets were clean, and even the sweepers were still working. These people are all working with their heads down, and they don't care about other people and things at all.
Occasionally, a few pedestrians hurried by, all of them looked at the group of people who had just entered the city with a strange look like a visitor from outside the sky, as if they were looking at monsters, but none of them stepped forward to talk.
Ye Feng and the others were quite surprised, and let the horses slowly move forward on the street.
Although it didn't look out of the ordinary, the closed doors of the shops undoubtedly revealed an air of tension.
Occasionally, there are a few shops with open doors, and all of them are shops that buy and sell some grain and oil department stores that are necessary for life.
It seems that it is true that there is an epidemic in the city, but everything in this orderly manner does not seem to be as serious as Ye Feng imagined.
After walking for a short time, a few people in official clothes suddenly rushed towards them at the corner of the street in front of them.
Chang Wuyi, who was walking in front, turned around and exchanged glances with Ye Feng, it seemed that the main master was coming, so he turned his horse to meet him.
The person who came rushed to the horse, but it was a young man under thirty years old, dressed in a fast official uniform, followed by seven or eight men wearing the same clothes.
The young man came to him, opened his mouth and asked, "Who are you, and how did you get into the city?"
Chang Wuyi didn't answer, but asked, "Who are you?"
The person who came straightened his waist and said loudly: "I am the head catcher in Xi'an City, Fan Jin! Answering the question, there are officials and soldiers guarding outside, how did you get in?"
Chang Wuyi smiled faintly and said, "Naturally, those officials and soldiers put it in." ”
This head catcher Fan Jin frowned, and reprimanded: "Nonsense, Xi'an City has also been sealed and everyone is forbidden to enter and exit, who are you, how can the officials and soldiers let you into the city?"
Chang Wuyi took out the waist card in his arms, shook it in front of him, and asked, "Who do you say we are?"
Fan Jin recognized the waist card, his face changed greatly, and asked, "Are you sent by the Criminal Department?"
Chang Wuyi's face was like frost, and he said: "This official is often unrighteous!"
Fan Jin was taken aback, of course he had heard of the prestige of the Chief Head Catcher, and hurriedly bowed to salute.
Chang Wuyi nodded and asked, "You are the head catcher in Xi'an City?"
Fan Jin replied respectfully, "Exactly?"
Chang Wuyi asked a little strangely: "I heard that the plague is raging in Xi'an City, and there are a lot of dead, how can it seem that everything is so peaceful and orderly?"
Fan Jin sighed and said: "My lord doesn't know, the plague is indeed true, in just more than ten days, there are nearly a thousand dead. On this street, the villain and his brothers walked quickly in many directions for days, calling everywhere to let everyone stay at home and not go out, so as to avoid more people getting sick, which did not look so chaotic. ”
Chang Wuyi nodded, under the plague, it is definitely not an easy thing to be able to calm the residents in the city, so that everyone should not panic, and maintain order on the streets.
It seems that this head-catching Fan Jin has a lot of ability.
Chang Wuyi pointed to the shops that were still in operation and asked, "Everywhere has been closed, why are these shops still open? Aren't they afraid of the epidemic?"
Fan Jin sighed and said, "How can you not be afraid? These shops sell all the necessities that the people need for their lives, if even they are closed, the people have nowhere to buy, the city will be chaotic, and the situation will be out of control." ”
"So I talked to their boss several times, and after repeated persuasion, these grain stores were barely open to continue their business, but there are still many who are afraid of the epidemic and will close, and the open stores are not even one-fifth of the usual ones. ”
Chang Wuyi nodded again, and couldn't help but feel a little impressed by the young man in front of him.
At a young age, he can have such insight, such skill and courage, maintain a dangerous city in the storm, and appease hundreds of thousands of people with fear, this is his constant injustice as the chief arrester of the Criminal Department, and he can't do it by asking himself.
Chang Wuyi asked with some curiosity: "The local prefect is still hiding outside the city, why do you stay?"
In guarding the city, is it under the orders of the prefect?"
Fan Jin shook his head and said: "You must have already met the prefect, in fact, it was not Lord Zhao's order that I stayed in the city, he cherished our group of brothers, and allowed us to go out of the city together to hide, and even bring our families." It's just that we all refused. ”
Chang Wuyi said: "Why is this?"
Fan Jin said: "I and these brothers are all natives of Xi'an, this is our roots, something so big, how can we just leave?"
"Lord Zhao didn't do anything wrong, he ordered the city to be closed, thinking about all the people in the world, lest the epidemic spread out and bring disaster to the world. Therefore, he can abandon the city of Xi'an and the hundreds of thousands of people in this city. ”
"But we can't, we have lived here for generations, our ancestors have lived here, this is our home, how can we give up our homeland? So we choose to stay in the city, and live and die together with Xi'an City, and the hundreds of thousands of fathers and elders in the city. ”
He said it very calmly, but after Ye Feng and the others heard this, they all felt their blood surging, and they couldn't help but feel a sense of respect for the young man in front of them, and even Chang Wuyi, who had always been frosty, couldn't help but be a little moved.
After pondering for a while, Chang Wuyi spoke: "It is not easy to stabilize these hundreds of thousands of panicked people, and it is definitely not enough for you and a gang of people to catch fast people, how did you do it?"
Fan Jin smiled and said: "The villain lives here, and my father also has some money and fame in the local area, as long as my father does not leave, the residents of the city will not panic in their hearts, and they will have the backbone in their hearts." ”
Chang Wuyi was shocked and asked, "Your father didn't leave either?"
In his mind, even if these people in front of him regard death as their own home, and the righteousness is awe-inspiring, they will definitely think about their families and send their families out of the city in advance, and they have no worries, which is understandable.
Therefore, when he heard that Fan Jin's father was still in the city, he was taken aback.
Fan Jin smiled and said: "My father not only didn't leave, but he also worked all night, running up and down, the situation in the abbot's city, there can still be such a stable situation in Xi'an City, and my father should be a great contribution." ”
At this time, Ji Wushuang, who had been riding a horse and following the team a little lazily, said in a very lazy voice: "This Fan Zhutou's father is a very famous person. His father is the Cangsong Sword who was selected as one of the seven swords in the world at the Taishan Sword Appraisal Conference not long ago, Fan Songxi Fan Daxia. ”
Oh, everyone was shocked.
I didn't expect this little head-catching father to be such a famous figure in the rivers and lakes.
Fan Jin looked up at Ji Wushuang, with a puzzled look on his face, and asked, "I don't know what this son is......"
Chang Wuyi said lightly: "You should have heard of him, Heavenly Providence Building, Ji Wushuang." ”
Fan Jin was taken aback and looked at Ji Wushuang with some surprise.
The name of the Providence Building is known to everyone in the world, and the name of the contemporary landlord Ji Wushuang has naturally spread all over the world, and he can't imagine that such a legendary figure is now standing alive in front of him, standing in this plague-ridden dangerous city, Fan Jin can't help but feel a little surprised.
At this time, a female voice like a silver bell came from the carriage at the back of the procession: "May I ask Master Fan, since you have made these grain stores continue to operate in order to stabilize the hearts of the people in the city, why are all the medical centers on the street closed, and none of them have opened? Could it be that these doctors are all greedy for life and afraid of death, and they are all cowering at home, unwilling to come out to treat patients?"
Naturally, it was Cheng Nianzhen Cheng who asked the question, and she couldn't help but ask questions because she saw that all the hospitals in the city were closed in the car.
Fan Jin replied: "The girl misunderstood. Although it is not a prosperous place in the Central Plains, it is also an ancient capital with a very deep historical origin, quite a relic of the ancients, and the doctors here understand the truth of the doctor's parents' hearts, and there is no greed for life and fear of death, and they are afraid of death. ”
"None of the city's clinics are open because all the doctors in the city are now concentrated in the places where they are sick, worrying day and night, and looking for a cure for the disease. Many doctors even contracted the epidemic themselves and fell to the scene of treatment. Even so, none of them were afraid to shrink back, so please don't doubt their sincerity. ”
Miss Cheng's apologetic voice came from the carriage: "It's the little woman who is shallow and ignorant and talks nonsense, please forgive Master Fan." ”
Fan Jin said: "It doesn't matter, the girl is also concerned about these people who are infected with the epidemic, so she will have this question."
, Fan understood. I just don't know who this girl is......"
He looked at Chang Wuyi with questioning eyes.
Chang Wuyi replied: "This girl is the daughter of Doctor Cheng, Miss Cheng Nianzhen." ”
"Divine Doctor Cheng?" Fan Jin was obviously stunned for a moment, "Could it be that Cheng Sansi, the world-famous divine doctor?"
Chang Wuyi bowed slightly.
Fan Jin was overjoyed, he strode to the carriage, and said deeply to the carriage: "Miss Cheng's name has long been heard of below, and it is said that Miss Cheng's medical skills have been fully respected by the true inheritance of Cheng's divine doctor, if the girl is willing to help, then the people in Xi'an City are very happy, and the world is very lucky!"
Fan Jin had just heard the name of Ji Wushuang, the owner of the Heavenly Providence Building, and he didn't have such an excited reaction, which showed that in his heart, the treatment of the epidemic was now better than everything else.
Ye Feng couldn't help but feel a little more good about him.
He couldn't help but speak: "Master Fan doesn't have to worry, Miss Cheng came here to eliminate the epidemic in this Xi'an city, I just hope that we can all exert a little bit of strength to save the people in this city from fire and water." ”
Fan Jin was overjoyed when he heard this, and bowed to Ye Feng and said, "If this is the case, it is really a great fortune for Xi'an City!
Ye Feng said lightly: "At the end of the rivers and lakes, there are no names, Ye Feng, the leaves of the leaves, the maple of the maple forest." ”
"Ye Feng, is the son Ye Feng?"
Looking at the expression on Fan Jin's face, he seemed to be more surprised than hearing Miss Cheng's name.
Ye Feng felt a little strange: "Lord Fan, this is a cheap name that I have heard of?"
The rest of the team couldn't help but glance at Ye Feng.
In the past few years, Ye Feng has been very famous in the rivers and lakes, and the things he has experienced have been spread in the rivers and lakes, and they have been spread by adding oil and vinegar to the gods, but he himself doesn't know it yet.
Fan Jin said with great surprise: "Ye Gongzi's name has long been like thunder, and it is said that Ye Gongzi is the most intelligent person in the world, and there is no problem in front of you that cannot be solved." ”
"Now that Miss Cheng and Ye Gongzi are all in Xi'an City, I think that this raging epidemic can definitely be solved as soon as possible, it is really a blessing for the people, how fortunate is it!"
This unhesitating remark made Ye Feng a little embarrassed, and even put aside the famous chief catcher of the Criminal Department and the owner of the Providence Building just now.
Chang Wuyi and Ji Wushuang couldn't help but glance at each other, and smiled a little embarrassedly between their expressions.
At this time, Miss Cheng in the carriage asked, "Dare to ask Lord Fan, where are the patients in the city now?"
Fan Jin hurriedly replied respectfully: "In order to avoid the spread of the epidemic, all the infected people have gathered in several big mansions in the south of the city. It is my family's property, and it is now used for the time being to treat these sick people. ”
Miss Cheng said: "In this case, saving people is like fighting fire, and I ask Master Fan to lead the way and lead us to investigate the condition immediately." ”
Fan Jin bowed and said, "That's right." ”
Turning back to his subordinates, he said: "Lao Wang, you hurry up and go back to report to my father, and say that I have hired a famous doctor here, and I will immediately go over to start treatment, please don't worry about the old man." ”
The catcher who was called "Lao Wang" responded happily, turned around and raised his feet and moved, and suddenly, his body shook, and he fell to the ground with a pop, motionless, and seemed to be unconscious.
Everyone was taken aback and didn't know what was going on.
Fan Jin didn't seem flustered, obviously had such an experience before, and explained to everyone: "It's okay, he just contracted the epidemic and suddenly had an attack, I'll let them send him back first." ”
After speaking, with a wave of his hand, the remaining catchers quickly took out a white cloth that had been prepared from their bodies, neatly wrapped the unconscious old king, carried it on their shoulders, and ran towards the south of the city.
Fan Jin turned around and saluted everyone, and said, "Then let's go now and go see those infected people." ”
The team set off again.
It's just that the people in the team all have a heavy worry in their hearts at the moment.
I witnessed Lao Wang's sudden illness just now, he stood there without any abnormality before, and it was normal after hearing Fan Jin's orders, and it was clear that even he didn't know that he had been infected with the epidemic.
However, in an instant, the illness attacked, and he suddenly fell unconscious.
With such a terrible epidemic, can Miss Cheng come up with a cure?