Escape after crossing

How could the Ninth Prince not know what the prefect was planning? He just looked at everyone. Although they had been traveling at a slow pace these days, the doctors were living a life of luxury all day long.

How could he bear the pain of a bumpy carriage all day? The Ninth Prince could only agree and took the doctor and a group of people to the place prepared by Prefect Wu.

The place prepared by Prefect Wu was not small, a courtyard with five entrances, where the Ninth Prince, five doctors, and Doctor Ju lived.

Medicinal materials and food were placed in the main courtyard, and guarded at night. Soldiers lived in the rest of the courtyard.

Magistrate Wu was a very attentive person. He took care of the cooks, the shopping, the laundry, and the maids and old women who served him.

Magistrate Wu knew how to be tactful in dealing with people and doing things. When he knew that it was the Ninth Prince who brought people here, he ordered people to prepare good wine, good food and beauties for the Ninth Prince.

This is because the Ninth Prince has this kind of image when he is outside, but Magistrate Wu has forgotten what the situation is now?

How could Wu Shiyong not know? He is a man himself, and he understands men better. How can a man who is used to enjoying himself change because of external things?

Wu Shiyong was right, but he didn't know that those were just the appearance of the Ninth Prince. When the Ninth Prince saw the table full of delicious food and wine, he frowned.

Before coming, Prince Zhenxi had already told the Ninth Prince about Wu Shiyong's situation.

Wu Shiyong is 48 years old this year. Twenty years ago, he passed the imperial examination and became a second-class Jinshi. He was then sent to a small county in Jiangdu to serve as a county magistrate.

From this perspective, it took him 20 years to climb from a small county magistrate to the current prefectural magistrate position, which was a bit slow. Perhaps some people would think that Wu Shiyong was not smooth enough.

Otherwise, how could he still be just a prefect after twenty years? But take a look at Wu Shiyong's backyard. Wu Shiyong's wife is the adopted daughter of Duke Liu.

Wu Shiyong, who went to Beijing to take the imperial examination, was a poor scholar who was married in his hometown. After arriving in Beijing, he had little money and could not afford to stay in a good inn. He wrote letters, painted, and sold paintings on the streets to support his expenses in Kyoto.

After all, in Kyoto, it is necessary to make friends with some literati and scholars. In order to rely on the big families, some students will shine at some social gatherings so that they can be noticed by the big families and get their help.

Wu Shiyong was noticed by Duke Liu's Mansion, not at those social gatherings, but at the place where he set up a stall.

Liu Zongshen, who was not yet a duke at the time, was strolling on the street and accidentally saw Wu Shiyong's calligraphy and paintings. It was not because Wu Shiyong's calligraphy and paintings were so good.

The young master of the Duke's Mansion, what good calligraphy and painting has he not seen? However, Wu Shiyong's calligraphy and painting are pretty good among this batch of candidates.

In Liu Zongshen's impression, scholars all consider themselves noble, so how could they be willing to sell their calligraphy and paintings for money? But Wu Shiyong doesn't care about these things.

Then Liu Zongshen bought Wu Shiyong's calligraphy and paintings several times, and slowly the two became familiar with each other, but it was little known and not intentional by the Duke's family.

Liu Zongshen only treated Wu Shiyong as an ordinary friend. During their time together, he learned that Wu Shiyong was already married. The Duke at the time felt that it was impossible to win him over, so he wanted his son to stop having much contact with him.

But after the results were announced, the Duke saw that Wu Shiyong's results were not bad, so he wanted to win Wu Shiyong over, so he used some tricks and made the daughter of a servant his adopted daughter.

During a meal and drinking, some drugs were put into Wu Shiyong's wine, and then the Duke's adopted daughter stayed with Wu Shiyong all night.

When Wu Shiyong woke up the next day and saw a girl lying next to him, he was shocked. Of course, the people in the Duke's Mansion had already prepared an excuse by then.

In the end, Wu Shiyong had no choice but to marry this girl. However, Liu Zongshen was very good at dealing with people. He gave Wu Shiyong some benefits in private and asked him to keep the matter secret.

Including the relationship with the Duke's Mansion, the Duke gave a lot of dowry and got Wu Shiyong an official post outside the capital. The Duke was an old fox, using the daughter of a family servant to tie up a useful person.

The Duke was not afraid that the slave's daughter would be disobedient. After all, the whole slave family was in his hands. He would just have to pay a little more money every year.

After the list was released, some people who saw good results would try to win over others, and Wu Shiyong was also noticed by the Qihou Mansion at that time and was intended to be won over.

But he didn't expect that he had been pulled over to the Duke's Mansion. This was also the key reason why Liu Zongshen asked Wu Shiyong to keep it secret. So Wu Shiyong was apparently a member of the Third Prince's Qi family, but actually a member of the First Prince's Duke's Mansion's Liu family.

The wife that Wu Shiyong married in the countryside also died during childbirth. Wu Shiyong found out about all this when he was appointed as the county magistrate and sent people back to his hometown to ask his old father and mother for help.

This undoubtedly made Wu Shiyong feel relieved, and he took it for granted that the Duke's Mansion gave him an official position and the money he used.

Wu Shiyong would accept any benefits the Marquis' Mansion could give him, but with someone from the Duke's Mansion by his side, his heart would not be distracted.

This time it was the Marquis' Mansion that brought the news. Because of the Third Prince's relationship, the Marquis' Mansion wanted Wu Shiyong to help the Ninth Prince as much as possible and also to take good care of the Ninth Prince's safety.

The news from the eldest prince was that he was looking for an opportunity to get rid of the ninth prince, but it would be better if he could do so without revealing his identity.

So on the sixth day after the Ninth Prince and his companions arrived in Jiangdu, the Ninth Prince also contracted the plague. Ju Ziming was a miracle doctor, but the plague was also a challenge for him.

In the past few days, he has been seeing patients, prescribing medicines and discussing prescriptions with the imperial physician sent by the king and the doctor brought by Ju Ziming himself.

He didn't have time to take care of the Ninth Prince, but he also instructed the people around the Ninth Prince to ensure the Ninth Prince's safety.

When Ju Ziming learned that the Ninth Prince had also been infected with the plague, he became anxious, so he sent people to the Jiang family to find Jiang Ziluo.

After learning the general situation, Jiang Ziluo thought for a while and asked, "Do we have enough medicine and food in the epidemic area now?"

“To be honest with Miss Jiang, the Ninth Prince is busy with these matters, and Doctor Ju and his men are busy treating those people every day.

When Doctor Ju asked me to come to Miss Jiang, he didn't know that there were not many left. I didn't dare to rest on the way, and I changed five horses before I came here. It has been seven days, and I am afraid that there are not many medicines and food left. "

"You just said that there is no plague in Jiangdu City, so does the prefect not care about medicine and food?"

"The prefect only said that the government had stored grain, which was distributed at the beginning of the plague. Now the government's grain reserves are not much, and he can't borrow grain now...

In short, they made all kinds of excuses, and after hearing a few excuses, the Ninth Prince began to take care of these matters himself."

"Have you been to the epidemic area? Do you know how many people are infected?"

"No, it's because I've never been to the epidemic area that Doctor Ju sent me to find the girl. But I know about the villagers of two villages!"

“Are there two villages with epidemics?”

"Yes, they are two connected villages with a large population. A group of people died of plague. Later, Lord Jiuwu and his men came to Jiangdu, and Doctor Ju and the imperial doctors cured some of the illnesses. But the symptoms only got better, and there was no sign of improvement. These are the original words of Doctor Ju."