In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Xuanyi had already gotten up before dawn. He stood up gently, for fear of waking up Du Xinyu. Although this aunt was more precocious than other girls, she was still young after all, and she was unwilling to leave her. This Zhao Xuanyi was very moved, but also very confused at the same time!
After walking out of the room, Shen Wei and Jing Lan were already standing in the yard. Zi Yuan took a black leather jacket from the side and put it on Zhao Xuanyi. "Brother, please be careful!"
Zhao Xuanyi patted Zi Yuan's hand gently, "Don't worry, I'll be back as soon as I find Sun Yan and Wang Heming!"
Although Zhao Xuanyi's words were very light, everyone knew in their hearts that this matter was not simple and was full of weirdness. But as long as everyone understood, no one could rest assured!
Zhao Xuanyi and Shen Wei mounted their horses and left the Marquis Mansion in the night, heading outside the capital. The spring morning was still as cold as ever, and every breath they took out turned into white smoke.
There is still snow hanging on the big trees on both sides of the pipeline. Although the beautiful snow hangings are beautiful to look at, they also make people feel the chill of winter. The sound of horses' hooves stepping on the white snow makes a crunching sound. This is a unique movement in winter. The two people are drifting apart in the white world!
The two of them were not too anxious along the way, after all, the journey was too long! Four days later, the two came to the outside of Luohua City again. They saw that there were still thousands of officers and soldiers guarding the outside of Luohua City, and most of them had white gauze on their faces, as if they were afraid of infection!
The soldier saw the two people coming and hurriedly came over. "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Zhao Xuanyi and Shen Wei also wore white veils, for fear that someone would recognize them! Turning over and dismounting, Zhao Xuanyi very politely took out what Zhu Yuejun had prepared for him!
The soldier took it over and saw that it was a medical certificate sent by the imperial court. He immediately paid attention to it, "So it's Dr. Zhao who was sent by the imperial court?"
"Don't you dare! Just call me Dr. Zhao!" Zhao Xuanyi said with a smile.
"Just in time, I'll take you to inform our commander, and then we'll do the next thing!"
"Thank you!" Zhao Xuanyi said with a smile, and then gave Shen Wei a look. The two led the horses and followed the soldier through the obstacles and arrived at a military tent outside Luohua City. Zhao Xuanyi thought he would encounter I met Fang Dazhi last time, but I looked around and didn’t see him?
After walking into the military tent, I saw a man with a big belly and about forty years old sitting in the military tent. When he saw Zhao Xuanyi, his eyes were filled with disdain: "Are you the medical officer sent by the imperial court?"
Zhao Xuanyi took a look and thought, who is this guy? A mere thousand households actually put on such a big show. If this were happening in the capital, your mother wouldn't even recognize you!
"Who is this?" Zhao Xuanyi asked deliberately.
The soldiers on the side said hurriedly, "This is our Qianhu, Wang Liwang Qianhu!"
"Oh, Wang Qianhu, I am here! I heard that a plague broke out here in Henan. The emperor was very worried, so he sent me to check it out, and then reported the matter to the court. Then we will see whether the emperor will send people to send medicines or silver coins! These are all It’s the emperor’s business!” Zhao Xuanyi said with a smile.
Wang Li looked at Zhao Xuanyi, his eyes full of impatience, "You don't have to go in!"
"Ah?" Without a word, Zhao Xuanyi became confused on the spot. "Master Qianhu, I am a medical officer sent by the imperial court. I don't want to go in here...isn't it appropriate?"
Wang Li smiled coldly, "Why are you so ignorant? This is an important area where the plague breaks out. Have you lived enough?"
When Zhao Xuanyi heard what Wang Li said, the more he thought about it, the more something was wrong. How dare the medical officers of the imperial court stop him? There must be something going on here. "Wang Qianhu, please respect my profession. I am a doctor with a parental heart. Not to mention that there is a plague inside, even if there is poison, I will go in when I should. If I can't save the people from the fire and water, we will What’s the use of being a doctor together?”
Wang Li laughed when he heard this, "Hey? This is the first time I've seen someone so clueless. If you insist on going in, it's not impossible, but I can tell you in advance that it's easy to get in here, but it's hard to get out alive!"
"Wang Qianhu, don't worry, even if I can't cure the plague and die in it, I will have no complaints!" Zhao Xuanyi's face was full of seriousness!
"Okay! Since you want to go in so much, then go ahead! Take them in!" Wang Li said, pointing to the soldiers on the side.
"Yes! Doctor Zhao, please come with me!" After the soldier finished speaking, he led Zhao Xuanyi and Shen Wei out of the military tent.
Zhao Xuanyi looked at Wang Li, remembering his appearance, and settling accounts with him in the future. "Hey, brother, I have a brother from far away in the Henan garrison. His name is Fang Dazhi. I don't know if he is here." ?”
"Who? Fang Dazhi?" the soldier asked in surprise.
"Yes, it's him!" Zhao Xuanyi nodded and said.
After hearing this, the soldier was so frightened that he hurriedly looked around, and then looked at Zhao Xuanyi with a cautious look on his face: "Mr. Zhao, I advise you not to mention this name in the future!"
"Why is this?" Zhao Xuanyi asked.
"You don't know yet, right? Fang Dazhi is dead!"
"Dead?" Zhao Xuanyi looked at Shen Wei, both of them were very surprised. "Could it be that he was infected by the plague?"
"This...? I can't say the specifics!" The soldier seemed to be afraid of this and kept silent!
When Zhao Xuanyi heard this, he hurriedly gave Shen Wei a look. Shen Wei came over, holding a piece of broken silver in his hand, and stuffed it directly into the soldier's hand: "Brother, my doctor is not very familiar with this distant brother, but since he knows I wanted to see him, but why did he die so well? When we came here two days ago, his mother asked us to come here to see him? Could you please tell us? We can go back and meet his mother Tell me what's going on?"
When the soldier saw that there was money, he quickly collected it and said, "I'm going to tell you about this! Don't go out and talk nonsense!"
"Yes, yes!" Zhao Xuanyi nodded hurriedly!
"About... more than ten days ago, a high-ranking official came from the capital. We don't know who it is! It turned out that Fang Dazhi came forward to receive him, and we don't know what Fang Dazhi said to this person. That night He was killed! It was said that he died because of the plague!" the soldier whispered.
When Zhao Xuanyi heard this, he was furious. Who was he targeting? me? Kill me if you welcome me? These people are so lawless! When Shen Wei heard this, he hurriedly patted Zhao Xuanyi on the shoulder, "Young Master, maybe Fang Dazhi provoked some big shot. We are gentle people, so don't get involved. Let's go to Luohua City to treat the patients quickly!"
"Yes, see a doctor, see a doctor!" Zhao Xuanyi suppressed his anger forcibly. Now anyone with a discerning eye can see what's going on. There must be something else hidden in this. Are you killing people who have been in contact with him directly? This is simply intolerable! Wang Li, right? You are waiting for me!
Zhao Xuanyi and Shen Wei followed the soldiers to the city gate. They saw the soldier saying hello to the guard guard. The door opened slowly. The soldier looked at Zhao Xuanyi and Shen Wei. "You two, I won't go in. You can come in." !”
"Thank you!" After Zhao Xuanyi said that, he and Shen Wei walked in with the medicine box they had prepared in advance. As soon as they entered Luohua City, Zhao Xuanyi looked around and saw that the city was completely different from the outside. The streets were very desolate. There was not a single soul to be seen, not even the patrolling officers and soldiers!
This is wrong! Very illogical! If the plague breaks out, the city gate should be overcrowded now! They must have been crying and asking for Chinese medicine and life-saving items from the soldiers, but why was the street so deserted?
Zhao Xuanyi and Shen Wei looked at each other and continued walking inside. After walking half a street, they saw someone at the door of a house. Zhao Xuanyi and Shen Wei walked over and saw a mother holding a five or six-year-old boy. The two children were sitting at the door. The two were skinny and had dark faces. At first glance, they were ordinary people doing farm work!
But the strange thing is that there are no sores or rotten spots on the faces of these two people. Looking at their bodies, they don't seem to be sick? But it’s true that the mother and son looked very hungry!
"Sister, let me ask you, isn't there a plague in your city? Why are you sitting here? Where are the others?" Zhao Xuanyi asked.
"What? Plague? There was a natural disaster in Luohua City last year, and there were not many people left. Where did the plague come from?" the woman said weakly.
When Zhao Xuanyi heard this, his eyes widened instantly. Although he had already guessed it, he was still very shocked when he heard it with his own ears. Thousands of officers and soldiers were guarding the outside. The news of the plague had spread to the capital, but there was no plague at all here?
"Brother Shen, let's go!" Zhao Xuanyi said.
"yes!"
"Let's go? Where to go? Now the falling float is like a huge cage. You can't get in but you can't get out!" the woman said with a look of despair.
Only then did Zhao Xuanyi remember what Wang Li said just now. He could get in alive, but he didn't know whether he could get out alive! Zhao Xuanyi hurriedly opened the medicine box, took out two sesame seed cakes and stuffed them directly into the woman's hands!
As soon as the woman saw the food, she immediately became energetic and immediately put both sesame seed cakes into the child's hands. "Baby, eat quickly, there is something to eat!" the woman said happily.
"Shaobing?" The children seemed unable to believe the food they saw, and hurriedly opened their mouths and took a bite!
The woman looked at Zhao Xuanyi and hurriedly smiled and nodded, "Thank you so much, my benefactor, thank you so much, thank you so much!"
"Sister, you don't have to be polite. Can you tell me, since there is no plague in your Luohua City, why are they besieging you?" Zhao Xuanyi asked.
"How did we know? About half a month ago, the north and south city gates were suddenly blocked. They said that there was a major murderer in the city and they must find him. Then they sealed the city. Give food so that these people who have just survived the great disaster will starve to death again. Now there are not many people alive in the city, and there is nothing else to eat except well water every day!" The woman said, tears falling. !
When Zhao Xuanyi and Shen Wei heard this, although they were a little confused, they seemed to be able to guess something! "Sister, I have a friend who came here a month ago and has never left. Do you know where he is?"
"Oh, I didn't know this. These officers and soldiers come here to look for it every morning and evening. But they have been looking for it for almost a month and still haven't found it, so the city gate has never been opened!"
When Zhao Xuanyi heard this, he seemed to have a clue in his heart. Is it Wang Heming and the others that these officers and soldiers are trying to arrest? And Luohua City is so big that they can't find it at all, so they use the excuse of plague to seal the city, and even if they can't find them, they will starve to death!
But this is just a hypothesis. What did Wang Heming and the others do? How could he be hunted? And who assigned the group of soldiers outside? Zhao Xuanyi has no clue about all of this!
Zhao Xuanyi stood up slowly and looked at the empty Luohua City. He was very confused and didn't know where to start checking! It may be impossible to go out now. Wang Li has obviously been ordered. The best outcome for him is to starve to death here!
Since he can't get out for the time being, Zhao Xuanyi must find Wang Heming and Sun Yan first, otherwise his danger will be in vain! Zhao Xuanyi looked at Shen Wei, "Let's look for Wang Heming and Sun Yan in the city first, and we'll figure out what to do next!"
"Yes!" Shen Wei is not worried about this at all. The key is to find someone first! Nothing else matters!
After the two people said goodbye to the woman, they started searching in this strange city, but the city was too big. After walking for a day, the two people seemed to have only found the tip of the iceberg!
Seeing the sky getting dark, Zhao Xuanyi waved his hand, "I won't look for it anymore. Let's talk about it tomorrow. I'm so exhausted!" Zhao Xuanyi sat on the ground. He usually rode a horse, but now he was relying on his legs. After walking for a day, Zhao Xuanyi was miserable. Word!
"Well, let's look for it tomorrow! Let's find a place to rest first!" Shen Wei said.
