Emperor Qing stood in the palace and thought for a moment, and said, "Someone is coming"

A little eunuch ran in briskly with small steps, knelt down respectfully and said, "Your Majesty"

Emperor Qing walked to the imperial case, picked up a delicate small lamp from the side, and said lightly, "Tell Xiao Si, burn the city, and leave no one." ”

The little eunuch stretched out his hand and took the lamp steadily, and respectfully replied, "Yes", got up, bent down, and exited the main hall, turned around and walked away quickly.

Emperor Qing stood in the empty palace, put his hands behind his back and chuckled: "Eight Sage King, King Zhenxi, Eighth Brother, your luck is really bad."

Inside Muhan City, the whole city was filled with coughing sounds one after another, the streets were silent, even if there were pedestrians, they all lowered their heads like walking corpses, and suppressed cries came from one room after another.

In a large courtyard in the east of the city, the servants and maids hurriedly walked towards a room with ice cubes, and there was a sick fat girl lying on the solid wood bed in the room, with a basin of cold ice beside her, and you could feel a chill when you approached the house, but the fat girl was still red.

On the edge of the bed sat a middle-aged woman, holding her daughter's fat hand and crying.

The fat girl barely opened her eyes and said weakly, "Mother, why did you come in, I have a plague that will infect you." ”

The woman shook her head and wept and said, "Don't be afraid, mother is not afraid." ”

The fat girl turned her head to look at Niu Dali standing in the room, and said weakly, "Dad, am I dying?"

Niu Dali smiled with red eyes and said, "No, no, you will definitely be fine, Dad, I will go and ask someone from the Holy Temple to treat you." ”

The fat girl lay on her back on the bed and murmured, "I left in such a hurry, I left before I could say goodbye to him, and when I died, I don't know if he would remember me." ”

If it was the past, Niu Dali would immediately jump in anger, and someone dared to lie to my little white flower and didn't want to live

But at this moment, Niu Dali asked with a smile, "Huahua, who are you talking about?"

Niu Huahua was in high spirits for a while, and said with a smile, "His name is Qi Banyue, the Taoist name is Daoyue, and he is a Taoist priest of Baiyun Temple, but he eats so fat, and it is the first time I have seen someone who can eat better than me." ”

Niu Dali's confused mind suddenly became clear, and he shouted in surprise, "Baiyun Temple, Sanqing Temple, how did I forget the Daomen." ”

Clapped his hands violently and shouted excitedly, "Daomen will definitely be able to cure the plague." ”

The cow turned vigorously and ran out quickly, and when he ran to the door, his feet were raised too low, and he kicked on the threshold with a bang, and in an instant, sawdust flew, and the whole person fell and rushed out.

The woman sitting on the edge of the bed, with a glimmer of hope in her eyes, clasped her daughter's hand, and said with relief, "Huahua, your father has gone to invite the Taoist chief of the Taoist temple, and they will definitely be able to cure you." ”

"Hmm," Niu Huahua nodded weakly while lying on the bed.

There is a huge mansion in the center of Muhan City, the gate of the house is open, and there are two teams of soldiers guarding in front of the gate of the door, and a plaque on the door reads four big characters Zhenxi Wangfu.

The fat figure of Niu Dali was like a meat ball, jumping quickly on the street, and quickly approaching the palace.

"What person" The captain of the guard shouted, and the two teams of soldiers suddenly stepped forward, and their long knives were unsheathed with a bang.

Niu Dali jumped up, landed in front of the two teams of soldiers with a bang, and shouted loudly, "Niu Da strives to see the king of Zhenxi." ”

Seeing that it was Niu Dali, the captain of the guard led by him slowly put the long knife back into the sheath and said, "It turned out to be Brother Niu, Brother Niu came in a hurry, what is the so-called matter?"

The rest of the guards also put their knives back in their sheaths and stood back in place.

Niu Dali said anxiously, "I have something important to ask to see the prince, and please pass it on." ”

A middle-aged man walked out of the gate and said, "Lord Niu, please come with me." ”

The commander of the guards got out of the way, and Niu Dali stepped forward quickly, and said casually, "There is a housekeeper of Lao Zhang." ”

The middle-aged man nodded and walked inside with Niu Dali.

Moments later, the two came to a backyard.

Niu Dali looked left and right, and asked anxiously, "Where is the prince?"

Steward Zhang took Niu Dali to an independent courtyard, and said before coming to a closed hall, "The prince is inside, and the cow will go in by himself."

Niu Dali didn't care about his thoughts, quickly stepped forward, pushed the door open with a creak, and the light shone in, only to see an old man kneeling in the main hall, on which were placed more than a dozen portraits.

Niu Dali strode in and shouted, "Lord Wang"

The old man knelt on the ground, slowly opened his eyes, licked his dry lips and said, "Dali, you are not at home with your family, what are you doing here?"

Niu Dali said excitedly, "The prince is saved, we are all saved." ”

The old man's body trembled, he looked up at Niu Dali, and a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes and said, "It's the Templar powerhouse who is here."

Niu vigorously shook his head and said, "No."

The old man's excitement suddenly sank, and he said with a wry smile, "Help me up."

"Yes" Niu vigorously bent down and hurriedly helped the old man, the old man just stood up, his feet were soft and he almost fell to the ground.

Niu Dali hurriedly helped the old man steady, and half-supported him to transfer him to the chair next to him and sit down.

Niu Dali frowned and said, "Lord Wang, how long have you been kneeling?"

The old man said leisurely, "Since the plague began to break out, I have been kneeling here. ”

Niu vigorously persuaded him, "Lord Wang, you have to take care of your body, if you fall, what will the people of the city do?"

The old man suddenly asked, "Do you know where this plague came about?"

Niu Dali was stunned, the plague is the plague, how else could it come

The old man said with pain on his face, "I brought this plague back, and from the moment the plague broke out, I knew that I brought this plague back. ”

Niu Dali was shocked and shouted, "How is this possible?"

The old man looked at him leisurely and said, "Last year's year-end festival in the imperial city, His Majesty feasted the ministers in the New Year's Palace, and His Majesty made a bet with me in the main hall, and made a bet to compose a poem, I made a poem, and His Majesty made a "poem" word with dough, and the ministers all said that His Majesty won.

I need to eat the next dish if I want to lose the bet, do you know what that dish is?"

Niu shook vigorously, speechless in his heart for a while, I care about what you do, can you not be so chattering

The old man gritted his teeth and said, "It was a lettuce, and he made me eat raw meat like a wild beast." ”

"Ah," Niu Dali exclaimed in shock, "you, you really eaten"

The old man nodded and said with a wry smile: "I ate it, but after the outbreak of the plague, I only knew what I was eating, that is, a plague dish," tears flowed down his eyes, and he cried, saying, "I'm sorry for my ancestors and ancestors, and I'm not sorry for the people of the city." ”

Niu Dali said with relief: "Lord Wang, aren't you okay, you're fine, doesn't that mean that you didn't bring the plague back." ”

The old man smiled bitterly and said, "That's because I have a spirit beast, the Ten Thousand Poison Jade Toad, it was the Jade Toad who saved me, in fact, I was the first one in the city to get the plague, and after I got it, I was my family, the servants in the palace." ”