Chang'an Fu

Inside the General's Mansion

"Yan Ping, are you really planning to go to Mao'an?" Yang Ruqing put down the teacup in his hand and asked, "The eldest prince and the second prince have both gone, why are you, a general fighting a war, following along to join in the fun?"

"Ruqing, this plague is completely different from the past. Although it is a large-scale infection, it looks the same as the plague, but I always feel that it is not that simple behind it."

Yang Ruqing was taken aback when he heard the words, "Hey...you can go as long as you want, anyway, you won't listen to what I say." He really couldn't do anything about Gu Huai, it was always like this. Can't pull back

"Ruqing, I have to go this time." Gu Huai looked at Yang Ruqing and said firmly

"Go and go, anyway, you won't feel comfortable if you don't find something for yourself to do." Yang Ruqing dissatisfied, the emperor is really not in a hurry for the eunuchs, and I'm worried that you are also worried about the wrong thing.

"Don't worry, I have my own measure." Gu Huai paused and continued, "I have been guarding the border before. Although the Huns invaded from time to time, they didn't get any good fruit. Even so, the Huns are like Cheng Cheng who can't be beaten to death." Bite the gold, get rid of the roots, I heard people at the border pass say that there is a flower in the extreme north called Manhuan Shu, this flower is extremely poisonous, the poisoned person will be insane, unable to recognize people, no pain, The power of this poison can increase several times for ordinary people, so I suspect that this epidemic is not that simple.”

Hearing this, Yang Ruqing was surprised, "You mean... If that's the case, then there must be a lot involved in it, and I'm afraid it would be very dangerous for you to go here."

"I'm afraid of what he will do. I've been living the life of licking blood on the tip of a knife. If it's not dangerous, I'll go there."

Even so, Yang Ruqing couldn't help worrying, "You said that the Huns can't beat you in war, and they are always wicked. What's wrong with this perseverance, you have to fight."

"Although the Xiongnu were born in a dangerous and remote place, they have great faith in their hearts." Gu Huai picked up his teacup and continued, "Although I am on the opposite side of them, I have to admit that they are still very persistent in their faith. Old Nuvalf Before his death, Pifu told his posterity that he must enter the Central Plains, so later generations have always regarded his words as faith, but it is a pity that there are no heroes among his descendants.”

"Whether it's a hero or a bear, since we stand in different classes and serve different masters, there's no need to have those unnecessary emotions." Yang Ruqing walked out while talking, coming in and out of Gu's mansion, Gu Huai has gotten used to it, so I won't say anything more

After Yang Ruqing left, Gu Huai called in his confidant Guo

"General" Guo also knelt on the ground to pay homage to the

"Now I need you to do something for me." Gu Huai leaned over to Guo Ye's ear and said something

"Do you hear me clearly? Go and come back quickly"

"Yes, this subordinate will leave." After saying that, Guo also withdrew, and then Gu Huai walked out of the study, raised his head, looked at the moonlight shrouded in dark clouds, and said slowly, "Today's night is extraordinarily dark, look It's going to change"

Li Yu and Li Yu continued to move forward, when they suddenly noticed a few people walking towards them. Looking carefully at these people, their clothes were tattered and their faces looked sick. The guard was about to step forward to inquire, but was stopped by Li Yu

"No hurry, let's take a look first." The guard who was stopped didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the second prince's gourd, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he just quietly stepped back.

I saw Li Yu staring at a certain position in the crowd, Li Yan looked at Li Yu puzzled, and was about to ask a question, but before he could speak, Li Yu signaled, "Brother, look at the one in the crowd who is holding a child." woman"

Looking in the direction shown by Li Yu, Li Yan discovered something strange in this group of people. The mother holding the child in the crowd seemed to be a little stiff, which caused her to walk in a very strange posture. The walking of a living person is a bit like the feeling of rigidity after death. Before I have time to think about it, the woman seems to be unable to maintain the embracing posture to hug her child. Her hands gradually loosen, and the child is about to fall. It came down, and it was too late, Li Yu immediately flew forward to catch the falling child.

Only then did the rushing people realize the strangeness of the woman among them, and they fled in fright.

"A Tao was infected with the disease and turned into a vampire monster," the group of villagers ran away shouting.

At this time, the guards beside Li Yan stepped forward to stop one of the villagers who had no time to escape. He had bad legs and feet, so naturally he couldn't run that fast. Resigned to fate and was too lazy to run away, Li Yan stepped forward and asked

"Brother, what do you mean by the epidemic disease you just mentioned?"

The stopped villager sized up Li Yan, saw that they were well-dressed, and thought that they must be the children of a wealthy family, maybe they came to visit the mountains and rivers, so he answered

"Young master, I think you are dressed in extraordinary clothes. You should be the young masters of a rich family. You probably came out to play. Then I want to advise you not to go any further. There is a plague breaking out ahead. The people who go in are probably There is no going back."

"Oh? I've heard about this epidemic. I heard that the current emperor has sent people to investigate, and it should have improved."

"Hmph, there are a few imperial court officials who eat the imperial rations who take us ordinary people seriously, even though they earn a lot of money, the life and death of the ordinary people are nothing more than ants in their eyes," the elder villager said indignantly

At this time, Li Yu had already subdued the woman infected with the plague, and turned to the elder villager with the child in his arms, "Where did you come from, elder brother?"

"Mao'an"

"I heard that Mao'an has long been surrounded by officers and soldiers. I'm afraid even a fly can't escape. How did you guys escape?"

"I have a friend who is a policeman in the yamen. As early as when the plague broke out in Mao'an, he told me that this would be blocked sooner or later, so that we could escape as soon as possible. We had no idea for a while, so we I thought I could run out or have a chance, but I didn't expect Ercheng and his wife to fall ill one after another along the way, and now the little girl left is really pitiful." One can imagine that the little girl in the elder brother's mouth is naturally It's the baby in Li Yu's arms, and Er Cheng and his wife don't even need to think about it, it's naturally the girl's parents

Hearing this, Yu Fei who was next to Li Yan spoke, "Then where did the first person of yours get infected with the disease, or maybe the poultry first got sick?" Yu Fei is Li Yan's personal bodyguard, urinating Following Li Yan, he usually doesn't talk much, but others don't find it strange when he speaks at this time.

"It's strange to say that this disease is not transmitted from outside. People in our area rarely go out for diplomacy. The family of Butcher Li who was first infected stayed in their pork shop on weekdays, let alone go out. Out of town or something, the day before, the couple was still alive and well arguing with Aunt Li, who was selling chickens across the street, and then fell asleep. The next morning, customers who came to buy meat saw that Butcher Li’s shop was still open. I went to call the door, only to find the abnormality later, as for the poultry, our poultry has not been infected with this disease, and all the infected people are humans.”

"Since the outbreak of the epidemic, have any strange things happened to you?" Li Yu, who was on the side, said, the epidemic usually has a way of transmission. According to this villager, the disease is too strange.

"Strange things? I didn't pay attention to this. After all, the disease has been very strange since the outbreak." The villager thought, "Oh, yes, I remembered something. There is a well next to Butcher Li. Most of the people in our area They all went to that well to drink water, but the day before the officers and soldiers sealed off the city, the well suddenly dried up without a drop of water. Do you think it's strange?"

Hearing this, Li Yu couldn't help thinking, this epidemic is probably not just a simple epidemic, it may be caused by someone with a heart, but Li Yu didn't continue to ask, he thought that the villager's mouth might be wrong. I found some useful information. At this time, the baby in my arms started to cry untimely. This made Li Yu, a seven-foot man, in trouble. There are also men around here, and he has no experience in raising children. What should I do with this child? ah

Just as he was thinking about it, the elder brother of the villager said, "Give me the child, don't look at me as a bachelor, I have taken care of my nephew before, and I have some experience in raising children." Li Yu hurriedly handed the child over, somehow Yes, this girl stopped crying in the arms of this big brother, Li Yan laughed

"Second brother, it seems that this child doesn't like you very much."

Hearing this, Li Yu 囧 said, "Brother, I think this child is also destined for you. Since you said that you have experience in raising children, why don't you take this child with you, so that we can take care of each other, otherwise this child will follow us. can't live"

In fact, the elder brother of the villager also had the same intention. The child's parents are from the same town as him, and he and the child are both hard-working people. We still depend on each other, so we didn't make any excuses

"That's fine, I think the young masters don't have the energy to take care of a baby in swaddling clothes."

Hearing this, Li Yu took out a bag of silver taels from his bosom and handed it to the elder brother of the villager, "We met by chance, this child is also a poor man, we have nothing else to help, we can only show our affection by asking for money."

The villagers knew that it was difficult to move without money, so they accepted the money without any excuses, and got up to leave.

After the villagers left, Li Yu and his party continued on their way